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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1907)
9 NOTEWORTHY PIANO Well - Known Portland Music - Lover Secures Beautiful and Costly Weber Piano Greatly Admired by Famous Rosenthal. Board of Education May Es tablish Industrial School THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 7, 1907. PUT HANDS TO WORK PETITION SIGNED BY MANY Advocates Say Such an Institution Would ProUde Schooling for Those Who Will Not Take to School Books. There will be presented to the Board of Education at Its meeting tomorrow night petitions asking to have established an Industrial school in connection with the public school system of Portland. For. several weeks the petitions have been circulated and have been signed by many of the most prominent citizens. Those who are behind the movement feel conn dent that It will meet with the approval of the board. This belief Is founded upon expressions of several of the directors In regard to the project. At a recent meeting of the board, the matter was brought up infor mally and met with the hearty approval of those who spoke upon the subject It Is planned to establish an industrial Frhool which shall have the same rela tion to the regular work that the manual training course now has. SI Is planned to give a thorough training In the trades with competent Instructors. Although the details have not yet been worked out, the project will follow general lines indicated in an article that appeared recently in The Oregonlan. "I am strongly of the opinion that a vocational school, such as is suggested, would be of great benefit to Portland," said Judge A. Fraier last night. "In my work with children I have found many who are active mentally and physically but who are not satisfied with books. They simply will not be confined to the schoolroom and It la necessary to direct their activity along other lines. For these children, a trades school Is of great benefit. "I consider It most important for a boy to be thoroughly trained in the line he has chosen for his life work. He should be taught to do something well. If he Is placed in a trades school he will get exactly the training that will make of him a useful citizen." Mayor Lane is another who has given his approval of the plan to found an In stitution of this character In Portland. "I think that a training along industrial lines is fully as important as any other school work," he declared. "I fully In dorse the movement and should be glad to see a school of this kind established. ' I believe that It Is Important for a boy who Is going to follow one of the trades to take up this work early and thoroughly fit himself for his chosen vocation." Among others who have Indorsed the project by signing their names to the pe tition are the following: Judge Alfred F. Sears. Judge C. N. Gantenbein, Judge IJonel R. Webster, William D. Fchton, F. B. Fields, R. L. Stearns. John W. Mlnto, E. A. Brandes. A. H. Devers, I. C Burns, Francis I. McKcnna, B. BC Lombard. R. Sabin. Judge lieorge H. Williams. William If. Ladd. diaries E. T,add. Whitney Li; Boise. A. B. Steinbach. W. P. Olds. C. W. King. Dr. A. W. Smith, Woodard. Clarke & Co.. Hartman Thompson. K. V. Lively, J. Wesley Iadd, A. Feldenhelmer. diaries Feldenhelmer. Hishop Scaddlng. Julius I. Meier, John P. Morgan. W. I. Vail. D. W. Mitchell. ge E Watkins. A. H. Birrell. Dwlght Kdwards. Henry Kverdlng. R. W. Black wood. Francis Secly, A. I.. Mills. C. F. Adams. W. K Robertson. Rodney CSlisan. J. Couch Flanders, F. Dresser. F. B. Beach. Oraham mass. William T. Mulr, a. I. Martin. E. N. Deady. P. R. Deady. Frank Klernan, Thomas N. Strong and C". K. S. Wood. UNCOVER INDIAN RELICS Port land and Seattle JirUIge Men Find Arrow and Spear Heads. An old camp ground of th Valley In diana has been lorated by workmen em ployed on construction of the bridge acrosa the Willamette River for the Portland and Seattle Railway Company. On the west bank of t Ims river, where excavations have been made for the ap proaches to the bridge, quantities of ar rowhead, spearheads, hatchets and ham mers have been uncovered. A number of them are only partially complete and others are the finished product of the ancient stone worker. . A compressed air worker brought to the surface several days ago a stone hatchet. th concaves for the lashings being smooth and perfect. The curio was secured at a depth of about nine feet below the bed of the river. Many of the arrowheads secured along the bank are symmetrical and well formed. They are broad at the barbs and thin. Arrowheads secured In differ ent sections of the country differ great ly in stse and shape. Some are long and J narrow, oinera neavny proporuoneu ana others broad and flat. Superintendent Nickerson. of the bridge construction crew, has a collection In his office which was picked up at different points on the bridge iine. SHRINERS TO LEAVE MAY 2 Many Portland Lodge Men Will At tend I.os Angeles Convention. The Shrlners of Portland have com pleted arrangements for r pilgrimage to Io Anireles May 2 and 3. and a large number of the members of the order will make the trip. The attraction at 1-os Angeles will be the meeting of the Im perial Council of the Mystic Shrrne. The Los Angeles Shrlners have ar ranged an elaborate programme for their visiting brethren. Including visits to the various beach reports and other points of Interest in and near that beau tiful city i The meeting of the Imperial Council will begin on Monday. Hay 6. On that evening Islam Temple will hold a re ception and concert, to which the visiting members are invited. The sessions will continue throughout the week following May 6. during which time the great annual floral festival will b. held In that city.- DEATH TOTAL REACHES 25 Tornado Blows Bodies Into Trees, steamer Torn to Piece. NEW ORI,KANS. April 6. Reports today show that persona were killed and more than twice that numher seri ously injured in yesterday's tornado, which swept through 1 Louisiana, Mis-atst-Ippt and A la ha ma. Less tha n half of t he killed were while persons. Among the lust bodies found were those of a man and a woman in treea at Alexandria. Tot experience of being1 caught by One of Portland's foremost music-lovers. Mrs. H. L. Keats, during the past week, secured from the fillers Piano House a magnificent new 11600 Art Grand Weber Piano, to which Is attached un usual interest. A few weeks ago. when the famous Rosenthal visited this city, he spent some time as the guest of the Ellers House in their warerooins. While there, he happened to strike the keys of this par ticular piano and the unusual quality of tone and splendid touch instantly ap pealed to him, and resulted In his sit ting down and spending fully two hours at the Instrument. The Weber piano Is Rosenthal's choice and the make exclusively used by him, but this particular piano drew forth an expression of admiration more enthusi astic than usual Not alone Is It beauti ful in tone and action, but it is also one of the . handsomest pianos perhaps ever turned out by the, Weber Company. The case Is of rare marblewood. in the new French finish, and Is very rich and unusu ally artistic. Mrs. Keats, well-known as a musician of the highest order, is a pupil of Alf Kllngenberg. the noted German Pian ist. Mrs. Keats has every reason to be proud of this beautiful instrument. Just purchased by her, and the sentiment at tached to it will make it all the more valuable. the tornndo in -the middle of the Mis sissippi River on a sternwheel packet is described by Louis Knopp, who was aboard the steamer Betsy Ann. "The smokestack and stage plank were blown away," said Mr. Knopp, "and tho boat began to swing from side to side, like a cradle. The wind wa3 so terrific that It was all I could do to keep hold upon the railing: of the boat. At the same time I was dodging flying timbers and broken glass. The pilot turned the boat's bow toward the batik and managed to drive her nose Into the levee, but by this time the upper works of the steamer were bare ly able to stand alone." The passengers were safely landed. Seven Killed at Luverna. LUVERNA, Ala.. April RSeven per sons, five white and two colored, were killed by the tornado that passed through this county yesterday. Several persons In various localities were Injured. WAS CLACKAMAS PIONEER A. H. Long Passes Away at Daugh ter's Home In Sell wood. In the death of A. H. Iong, Friday morning, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. P. Gage, 744 Marlon street, Sellwood, there passed away a pioneer of 1853. His death was sudden, and was the result of paralysis of the left side, which at tacked him Wednesday. For onie time he had been living with his daughter, his only surviving child out of a family of seven. Mr. Ixng was bora In Monroe County, Virginia. SO years ago. Tn 1853 he joined t BJJlBJBJSJjBJ I The A. H. I-ong j an Immigrant train with his father, James Long, and landed at Oregon City the same year. The family then moved into the Rock Creek district, east of Hub bard, where a homestead was entered. Mr. Long was married to Miss Harriet M. Wllholt. daughter of the discoverer of the famous Wllholt Springs. With his family he moved to Eastern Oregon, liv ing on Birch Creek, Umatilla County. Lter he removed to Pallas, where Mrs. Lung died. All his children passed away except Mrs. Gage. Mr. Long came to Portland In 1S!M. He was a member of the Oregon Pioneer Association and took great delight in attending Its meetings. He was a genial man. Intelligent and well Informed about the early history of the Oregon Country. The funeral will be held from the resi dence at 2 P. M. today. Interment will be at Rlvervlew Cemetery. Friends are Invited, especially pioneers. Lost No Time About Stealing. CHICAGO. April . tn tire trial of ex-Judge Abnr Smith and other offi cials of the Bank of America in the Criminal Court. Clarence S. Darrow, who was a stockholder and depositor, testified today that the bank was looted by F. E. Creelman and Abner Smith within 10 days from the day on which it opened for business. BI SINKSS ITEMS. If Hbr Is rutting Teeth Be ure ana ue tbat aid mad well-tried rem edy, Mia Wii.i on 'i Soothing Syrup, for chil dren teething. It soothes th child, softens the s-uroa. &H.j all pain, care wiaa ooll. and diairboea. LEOPOLD DESKS OFFICE FURNITURE DERBY DESKS Recognizing and appreciating the large and constantly increasing demand for office furniture, we have increased our stock accord ingly and set apart one of our spacious annexes exclusively for the display of the complete line of rolltop desks, flat-top desks, stand ing desks, typewriter desks, office tables, desk chairs, office chairs, filing devices, etc. This showing embraces the splendid Derby and Leopold desk lines, the most practical in design, construction and appointment. The superior style, workmanship and selection of material throughout will appeal to those who appreciate the ad vantages of modernly constructed office furniture. The Derby line represents the highest quality in desk construction, and embraces many special features in design, finish and construction. These we show in the popular dull finishes in the golden oak and mahogany. The Leopold line includes desks for all purposes in the medium and cheaper grades. We show a number of desks, office tables and chairs in the plain, and can finish them to match interior woodwork or any desired finish. The Macey filing cabinets embrace the most perfect filing sys tems for all business purposes. In these the workmanship is supe rior to ordinary filing devices, and being constructed on the unit plan, enables a most satisfactory combination to be made up. CLEARANCE SALE OF ODD PORTIERES A selection of about 40 pairs from our line of portieres an assortment comprised of patterns left from various lots received early in the season, these in many instances being sample pairs, and the season being too far advanced to replenish stock of these particular patterns, we propose to close these out quickly at the following prices. Com mencing tomorrow in the Drapery Department sixth floor. $5.50 special-made g r e e s mercerized Por tieres, per pair 9 $5.50 green Portieres, with applique border, per pair 9 $5.50 duplex rose and green Portieres, corded, per pair $ $5.50 Portieres in Oriental blue, fringed, per pair ? $6 olive green Portieres, fringed, per pair $ $6 Portieres in rose and green, fringed, per pair $ 3.25 $6 Portieres in solid brown color, fringed, per pair $ 3.50 3.&U 4.0O 3.90 2.75 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.25 5.50 dark red corded Portieres, per pair S $7 dark green corded Portieres, per pair $ $7.25 Nile green corded Portieres, per pair. .$ $7.25 tan and green fringed Portieres, per pair 9 3.75 $7.50 brown and tan fringed Portieres, per pair ? 3.00 $7.50 Portieres in solid rose color, corded, per pair 3.90 $8 delft blue Portieres, fringed, per pair $ 4.50 $8.50 dark red corded Portieres, per pair S 4.75 $9 dark green, double-faced Portieres, tap estry border, per pair $ 5.00 $10 Nile green corded Portieres, slightly mis matched, per pair $ 5.O0 $10 rose tapestry corded Portieres, per pair. . $ 5.75 $10 Oriental tapestry Portieres, per pair $ 5.75 $12 rose damask Portieres, corded, per pair. .S 7.50 $12.50 dark green corded Portieres, per pair.$ 7.00 $13.50 Nile green Portieres, velvet border ap plique, per pair $ 7.00 $15 dark red Portieres, corded, per pair $ 8.50 $17 rose silk Portieres, band edge, per pair. . . 8.50 $17.50 old red tapestry Portieres, per pair.. $10.00 $20 heavy, special made tapestry Portieres, per pair $10.00 $20 dark green double -faced velour JPortieres, per pair SI 2.00 One pair old red and green corded special made Portieres, double-faced velour, ready to hang, per pair $25.00 Two pair special made $50 Nile green velour Portieres, sateen-lined, lambrequin to match, per set $25.00 One pair silk-embroidered Nile green $55.00 Portieres, per pair S25.00 One pair $50 blue velour embroidered Por tieres, per pair $25.00 One pair $70 green velour embroidered Por tieres, per pair $30.00 One pair heavy silk velvet $200 Portieres, heavily embroidered and corded; slightly shopworn; per pair . .. $60 .OO GLASSWARE TABLE CUTLERY CUT GLASS TABLE SILVERWARE BASEMENT DEPT. bull & Qimm Y0W CAE WT f IS 0000 J V, OMPLETE- HOUSE-FURNISHERS MAKE YOUR aim terms j SPECIALS IN THE WHITE ENAMEL WARE Commencing tomorrow, our Basement Department offers for two days the following specials in the hest German White Enamel Ware. Your credit is good. No. 24 Pie dishes, special, each ... 20 No. 26 Pie dishes, special, each. 25 No. 28 Pie dishes, special, each 30 No. 20 Pudding dishes, special, each. .15 No. 22 Pudding dishes, special, each. .20 No. 24 Pudding dishes, special, each. .25 No. 26 Pudding dishes, special, each. .30 No. 28 Pudding dishes, special, each. .35? No. 30 Pudding dishes, special, each. .40 No. 12 Bowls, special, each . .. .15 No. 14 Bowls, special, each., 20 No. 28 Bowls, special, each 25 No. 30 Bowls, special, each 30 No. 32 Bowls, special, each. 35 No. 34 Bowls, special, each .40 No. 17 Pitchers, special, each. 75 No. 28 Basins, special, each. 35 No. 30 Basins, special, each.., 40 No. 32 Basins, special, each 45 No. 34 Basins, special, each 50 No. 21 Pie Plates, special, each. .,. .15 MAIL ORDERS WILL BE GIVEN OUR CAREFUL AND PROMPT ATTENTION W COLONEL DUNNE RETURNS TEIiLS ABOUT AN INTERESTING TRIP THROUGH MEXICO. Visits Ruins of Forgotten Civillxa tion of Palenqne St. Patrick's Day Baseball Game. Colonel D. M. Dunne. United States Collector of Internal Revenue, and H. C. Wortman have returned from an eight weeks' trip through Mexico. Col onel Dunne and Mr. Wortman are in terested in the Mexican Rubber Cul ture Company, and they paid an offi-' cial visit to the properties of the com pany. Colonel Dunne and Mr. Wortman sailed from New York on the steamer Monterey February 21 for Vera Crux, via Havana. At Progreso they trans shipped to the steamer Tamalplas. "Progreso'la a city the level of which is only 18 inches above high tide." said Mr. Dunne yesterday. "It was an interesting stop. Marlda, the cap ital of Yucatan, is 18 miles distant from Progreso. The place Is famous for millionaires, and the shipment of henequah. a fiber used for the manu facture of twine. We visited Laguna, the port from which all the logwood and mahogany are shipped to the United States. Fon tero was next, and then we landed at the most wonderful city I have ever visited Palenque. It Is an ancient Mexican -.itr. and la iodaV-Ciofifi to 401) years behind the times. Three leagues from the main town are the ruins of the prehistoric Palenque. They extend for some, 80 miles in successions of massive masonry. Many of the inte rior decorations have not succumbed to the. ravages of time. The aqueduct still carries a stream of water, and is apparently as strong as when the long forgotten builder placed the last stone. Much of the 'work is superior to that done by sewer contractors of the pres ent day. "Most of the walls of the ruins are about four feet thick, and underneath are mysterious vaults and dungeons. It was a grewsome trip, and without a guide with lights It would have prov en a hard matter to find the way out. "Returning to Fontero, we took pas sage on a cattle-shtp. There were 14 Americans in the party, and we were compelled to sleep on deck. Fortu nately we encountered no bad weath er. Even yet I can smell the garlic and frijolas. We had to grant the captain a bonus in order to have him crowd the vessel sufficiently for us to reach Vera Cruz In time to make con nections for Mexico City. "We were in Fontero on the 17th of March. We got up a baseball game between the Americans and Mexicans. Yours truly acted as umpire. The game stood 22 to 2 in our favor, but for the safety of the umpire tt was deemed better to call the game a draw on account of the darkness, I would like to state that Mr. Wortman has not forgotten his early training. He played second base, and Professor Charles, of the University of Chicago, pitched. "While eating dinner in the City of Mexico. I received a letter announcing the death of John Kelly. In all my life I have never experienced such a shock. For hours I was like one dazed. It. may bs. effeminate tn csy. tiui X jnust admit that I shed tears for my friend and partner of many years. "President Dias, of Mexico, ts one of the smartest men of modern times. Tha new opera-house in the City of Mex ico will cost $1,500,000. It la a (mag nificent structure. "From Mexico we headed for El Paso and thence to Portland, via Los An geles and San Francisco. With it all. the United States is the country, and In Portland we have one of the great est spots in these United States." Which Needs Missions More? WASHINGTON, April 6. The Mary land annual conference of the Methodist Protestant Church gave its principal at tention today to missions. Special stress was laid upon the necessity of missions !n Japan. It was stated that 100.000 young Japanese are studying the English lan guage. Dr. Iucas, secretary of the Home Missionary Board, said tliat there are 60.000.000 persona In the United States who have not embraced the Christian re ligion. He urged the importance of home missions. Insane Man Cremates Himself. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 6. Edward Murphv. a painter who was employed up on the new Business Men's Club, In course of erection, climbed to the roof of the building today and. pouring a gallon of benilne over his clothing, set fire to him self. Efforts made to rescue Murphy were without avail, and the young man was literally cremated. He probably was insane. Warships May Carry Mails. TOUTXJN. April 6. The torpedo boat destroyer squadron has been ordered to get Itself in readiness to go I to Marseilles to carry the mails in the event or a threatened seamen s strike- JMEELINE PRICE OE WHEAT HOW BROKERS AT SUPERIOR FIXED QUOTATIONS. Operator Betrays Methods of Board of Trade -Fictitious Salea Used to Boost Prices. MINNEAPOLJS, April A. W. Har ris, a former telegraph operator at the Superior Board of Trade, today testi fied in the Federal inquiry now on here that grain quotations were there manip ulated and telegraphed to St. Paul. Cin cinnati. Kansas City and Omaha. This evidence was brought out today in the taking of testimony in the suit of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce against the Superior Board of Trade to restrain It from using the chamber's market quotations. "If the Minneapolis market was 74c. the operator receiving the quotation would so indicate to the brokers in the pit by a system of finger signals. They would immediately run the price up to TCVt and then back to T&kc. That Is the way they were posted on the board," said Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris stated that he telegraphed all these board prices to the cities named. "How many brokers were in the pit?" asked H. V. Mercer, attorney for the chamber. "At first there, would be five or six." "And what did they do when the oper ator signaled V "They would offer to buy or sell 1, 000 bushels of wheat and then lauch." "Were there ever more than five or six bfokers there at once?" "No, and usually these would all leave but two soon after the market opened, and at times tor a few minutes tbey would all leave the floor." Mr. Harris further stated that he re ceived instructions to keep his mouth shut about anything he sa.w or heard. A rigid examination failed to shake hia testimony. Male Teachers for Philadelphia. WASHINGTON, April . One hundred and twenty American schoolteachers will sail for the Philippines before June 1. The first of the new teachers will go upon the Korea, sailing from San Francisco on. April 23. Another party will leave upon the Amerika Maru on May 3. and the third party of teachers will sail on the Si beria May 10. Most of the new schoolteachers are men, as the Philippine Commission prefers them to women, because of the 'hard ships which must be endured at interior towns. Fire Ucks Up Tea and Spioe. NTJW YORK. April Fire destroyed the slx-tory building occupied by the p. irus Tea Spice Company and the Union Pacific Tea Company at Washing ton and Laight streets today. Loss 300.- 000. TEA One lingers long over tea, if the tea is fine. It is a good time and place to linger. A Schilling & Company San Francic