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J - THU SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, ' PORTLAND, JANUARY 5, 1908. IIP COMPANY Tei-ilTgCTS ' EXHIBIT OPEMS TOMO'R'ROW ESTABLISHMENT OF; HIGHER. STANDARDS IN THE CRAFT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THE, OBJECTS TAKE FALL Government Wants to Know if Concern Has Solved Prob- lem of Aerial Flight.1. MAY 0 ' v It V ' -t ESTABLISHMENT of hJg-her stand .urds of perfection In architecture, both anion? followers of the craft and in the public mind, is the prime purpose of the tirst annual 'exhibition of the Portland Architectural Club, which opens Monday In the Museum of 'ine Arts, Fifth and Taylor streets. l-'ivo hundred exhibits are now being rranjfed about the two upper galleries of tin' Museum. Nearly every avail able foot of exhibit space is being utilized by what is pronounced the most rlaborate exhibit of the kind ever'held in the Northwest, if not ou the. Coast. Every- class of the architect's art 1s -to be en. from a modest -Summer cottage to HOLD JOINT INSTALLATION Reunion of Sumner Post, G. A. R., and Belief Corps on Kast Side. The joint installation of officers and annual reunion of Sumner Post No. 12, and Sumner Women's Relief Corps No. 21, G. A. R., was held last night in Carpenter's Hall, at Grand avenue and East Pine street, and was attended largely by members and visitors from other portions of the city. Officers of the Women's Relief Corps were first installed. Mrs. Mary E. Older was in stalling officer, and the following aro the officers for the coming year: Pres ident, Kate Neale; senior vlce-presi-dont. Alta Hohensholt; junior vice president, Melissa Henderson; secre tary. Rose B. Jackson; treasurer. Cora McBrlde; chaplain, Anna Crosier; con ductor," Lydia "AVendlick: guard, Ja SGI 17 4 r&csa yt V S ) Al a massive steel business block. Terra cotta, art tiles, garden potteries and' all like accessories are at hand In most at tractive forms. Rapid progress was made yesterday In the hanging and placing of exhibits. Those assigned to the work were kept busy all day and the result Is that the big exhibition will be in readiness for public Inspection at the opening hour. The first public inspection will occur Monday night, and for this occasion 200 Invitations have been sent but. The In vitations are handsome souvenir designs, executed with rare artistic effect. While this is the first regular exhibl J tion given by a Pacifio Coast .architec cobins, Gross; assistant .conductor Sarah Eastman; assistant guard, Lydia Bowen; patriotic instructor; Mary E. Older; press correspondent, - Jennie C. Prltchard; musician,. Josephine Haines; first color-bearer, Sarah Hinkle; second color-bearer. Myrtle Bates; third color bearer, Susan Brown; fourth color bearer, Ella Bates. ' , In behalfof the corps, Mrs. Jennie C. Prltchard presented Mrs. Marriae Bu chanan, retiring president, with a beau tiful gold pin, suitably inscribed, as a token of esteem and in recognition of her faithful performance of official duties. Comrade I. McGowan installed the following officers for - Sumner - Post: Post eommander, G. A. Prentiss; senior vice-commander, D. Finley; junior vice-commander. H. B. Thompson; quartermaster, J. A. Braden; chaplain, W. T. Kerr surgeon, H. B. Keene; of ficer of the day, J. A. Brown; officer of the truard, A. K. Currier; adjutant,' J. W, Ogelbea; sergeant-major, - M. L. Pratt; quartermaster-sergeant H. I-L y b i i t"mx&?,--, fjf(t-STtMYil rail f' .vl 4 1 - 1 tural club, it is intended to establish a regular circuit of exhibitions- for each succeeding year. -Architects generally are actively interested in carrying out such a plan, and Its success would seem to be assured. Such exhibitions are now held in the larger Eastern' cities, serving to bring the work of. various architects into direct comparison and thus give a stimulus la better work as well as estab lishing an appreciation of good work among those who attend the displays. The local club has in view the forma tion of a Pacific Coast League which eventually would develop into a chap ter of the Tiastern associations. The importance of the exhibition can- Pierce (absent); inside guard, F. Neld ermarki - . Rev. C. E. Cline responded to a oajl for. remarks in a pleasant and inter esting way. Among other things, he called attention to the high honor at tained, by I. McGowan. the installing officer, who, -said Dr. Cline, had been mentioned specially in the official re port of the Battle of Stone River for bravery and skill, something not known to the comrades generally- until last night. Dr. Cline complimented the women for the dignity and pre cision of their installation ceremonies, and also spoke many kind words for his comrades. Then followed refresh ments and a reunion, an event that comes once every year. CARD OF THAN KS. My mother and I wish to thank the friends and neighbors for their kind ness and their floral offerings in our bereavement. MRS. MART M. POWELL. MRS. A-NNA R. YATES. . V c rrti vi a 1 1 ji i , .-- r: r-zzr I ' 2 TTJ w 5? 14' ; 1 rot be overestimated. It Is urged. Foster ing, a development of higher ideals, such displays will ultimately do away with some of the unsightly botchery that has been palmed off as architecture in the past. Impetus will likewise be given the work of civic improvement. The 500 entries have been carefully catalogued and no difficulty will be en countered in learning the name of the designer, and the classification of his work in each instance. Rare bits of architecture ' from all parts of the coun try will be seen, many outside entries having been received. The public will also get a glimpse of some future Port land buildings, including the new homes of the T. M. C. A. and Y. W. C A., sev eral big business blocks that are to go up at an early date, and a large number' of sightly new- homes planned by Portland people. . ' The committee on exhibit and publica- "PASSION PLAY" TODAY Continuous' Performance at the Mar quam, Beginning at 2 o'clock. No one can attend a better- sermon .in the City of Portland today than the "Passion Play" now being reproduced by means of moving pictures in- the Mar quam Theater. J. A child will receive a more vivid lesson, one that will last in the memory for a life time, by actual ly seeing a reproduction of the life of Christ enacted by living beings, than by going to the ordinary Sunday school for a year. The "Passion Play" opens with Mary being told by the angel of the Lord that she is to be the Virgin Mother of the coming Christ child. The arrival at the Inn. the refusal of admittance, the birth in the stable, the murder of the young cnuaren in nopes or Killing the rsew Born, the flight into Egypt, all follow in regular order. ?- Then comes the young boyhood of 'T 1 , t - I tion is made up of E. F. Lawrence, F. J. Berndt, A. E. Doyle, J. Jacobberger, and C. L. Llnde. The Jury of awards is made up of W. B. Ayer, I. N. Fleischner, Mrs. H. Hume,- and Joseph Jacobberger. The membership of the club is made up of the leading architects, the list of active and associate members, all of whom have contributed to the success of the exhibi tion, being as follows: O. C. Arthur, F. J, J. Berndt, Frank Barrett, A. J. Capron, A. E. Doyle, R. J. Grace, E. il Gilmer, J. A. Graef, Fred Hesse, Bruce Honey- man. D. K. Iliff, Joseph Jacobberger, C. H. Kable. Otto Kleeman, E. Kroner. E. F. Lawrence, D. C. Lewis, C. L. Llnde, J. B. C. Lockwood, Fred A. Legg, E. B. MacNaughton, Otto Meyer, H. H. Men- ges, Charles Mcfherson, t. is. Flummer, D. Lv Povey, N. T. Phillips, H. E. Ray mond, Emil Schacht, E. D. Timms, VV. E. Tobey, John G. Wilson, M. H. White house, H. A. Whitney and F. T. Webber. Christ, when he is helping his father, Joseph; as a carpenter. . His teaching when still a boy-among- the wondering high preists follows; then his baptism by St. John, and the beginning of his real life work. How he worked his miracles, his betrayal in the garden his execution on the cross, and his burial and resurrection are all shown with all the reverence fitting to the spirit of the subj'ect. ' - Stolen. Property Awaits Owners. The police nave in their possession a large number of articles which they re covered from the thief Solomon Horn stein, who recently confessed to the rob bing of more than a score of rooms In this city, and are holding them to await identification by their proper owners. As all of the articles stolen were taken in this eity the police are anxious to have all people who hae missed property to call at the police station to see if any of it is -there. The list of things includes all manner of clothing and toilet articles. BRAVE BOAST IS MADE Slock-Selling Promoters Propose to Transport . Passengers Through Clouds Between Portland and San Francisco. Have you bought stock in the National Airship Company, a company which, says without equivocation that by April, 11W8, it will establish' a line of airships be tween Portland and San Francisco, car rying 100 passengers and 30 tons of mall ? If you have not, just wait until Uncle Sam, through his Postof fice officials, gets through investigating whether or Tiot the whole Bcheme is a fraud. The National Airship Company, through its local agent, Alexander Ota, has been flooding the newspapers and mails of late with advertising matter: that appears on Its face to be fraudulent, according to the Postmaster-General, at Washington, D. C. Evidently the Government postal au thorities are not as gullible as the per sons who have bought stock in the air ship concern, for Federal authorities are going to make the company prove that it has solved the problem of aerial navi gation. If the ' promoters cannot prove that they have solved what scientists and inventors the world over have been trying to solve for centuries past, a fraud order will be issued against them, and some one will be liable to go to jail. Trip in 24 Hours. If you want to travel from Portland to San Francieco in, 24 hours, jurt buy stock in the National Airship Company, for this concern, whose homo office is in San Franciaoo, with a ' branch office in the Mallory building, Portland, has solved the problem -of aerial navigation! . All that is necessary for the scheduled 24 hour trips from Portland to San Fran-cls-co Is for the skeptical public to forget their skepticism and buy the stock. It sold once for 25 cents a share; now if you believe Alexander Ots; styled on the com pany's advertising find letterheads as business manage the stock is worth $1 a share, but is trembling on the verge of Jumping to $100. Jpst think of dropping In on San Fran cisco, after a 24-hour journey through the air. Doesn't, it make, you dizzy? Think of what will happen to the poor, old sleepy Southern Pacific, that takes a dreary trip of 36 hours, and what will happen to the steamship lines that take all the way from 50 to 56 hours to make the trip. After April L which, it is true, is "All Fools' day," the Harriman sys tem .of railroad transportation will be put out of coihmission. and the steamship lines will only be used to ship cattle and lumber, for the National Airship Com pany will carry all the passengers and your Uncle Sammy's mail. Of course the National Airship "Com-.! pany does not care how sadly it cripples financially the railroad or the steamship companies: All it wants is to sell stock and thereby make a lot of poor people ridi and the horde of money1 barons poor. Now there is no. question but that this company has solved the secret of aerial flight. If you don't believe this, just ask Mr. Ots. When you tell him that scien tists the world over contend that trans portation through the clouds Is far from practical at present, he will tell you that he "doesn t care." Perhaps he doesn't, for he is selling stock and getting ready to build a construction factory and a downtown landing depot. First Airship April i. Mr. Ots believes in the company of which he k assistant ' manager. Why shouldn't he? He is selling stock, and already he has sold 172,000 shares In Port land. He says so himself, so it must be so. Of course, he modestly admits that this stock was sold for 25 cents, and that It is being paid for in monthly install ments. Ferhaps Mr. Ots has been able to get as much as several thousand dol lars out of Portland stockholders, Snd undoubtedly they are just as sure that the National Airship Company's airship will sail out of San Francisco for Port land on April Fool's day as they are that they bought some of the stock. Mr. Ots does not like skeptics. - The world Is full of them, lie knows, and he also knows that they have ever been the thorn in the side of. the inventive ge nius. If you talk with him and question the initial trip of the "Ariel," which sails on April Fool's day, he will cite you a thousand cases where inventors, whose Inventions have since revolutionized the world, were laughed to scorn, just as people are doing today, who do not buy stock in his company. . But Mr. Ots doesn't care. He has bought an SO-acre tract of land out on the Montavilla streetcar ltne, from Isaiah Buckman, and on this tract the company Is to build a $500,000 factory. Mr. Ots mentioned something about this not being the main -factory. He though, but was not quite sure, that it would be in Kan sas City or in some other place than Portland. The original plans were to build a five-story fine office build ing down town for. a landiing depot, but since the . stock has been selling so well, the plans have been changed, and now the building will be 15 stories, and will cost $150,000. Factory Built on Paper. ' In his offices, in the Mallory building, Mr. Ots' doFk groans under the weight of "Ariel" literature, and standing in a conspicuous place, where they are sure to attract notice, are two sketches, one of the proposed factory, minus, as Mr. Ots explains, the gas tanks that will be a necessary adjunct to the factory. The other is a picture of the landing depot. Of course, the work done on the sketch of the landing depot, that resembles most strikingly the Couch building, has been a wasted effort, since the company now plans to construct- a 15-story building. When Mr. Ots was asked if the $150,000 would pay for. the framework of such a structure, he skirted the question, just as he expects the "Ariel" to skirt the moun tain tops between here and the Bay City. "The 'Ariel,' " said Mr. Ots, "is com pleted and is now in our factory in San Francisco. All that it needs is a little varnish on the front part of the ship, which was broken off and had to be re placed." Mr. Ots was told that scientists both in Europe and America had declared the airship still to be impractical. "We don't care what they say. We will fool" all the scientists. If inventors had listened to the skeptics, the world would be where it was 100 years ago." Facts Rather Hazy. J Mr. Ots vas just a little hazy about when the factory wouid be ready, and he did not know the exact date at hand, when .the landing depot would be con structed. He also- was shy on naming the down-town location. He knew that he was selling stock and had ex ceeded his fondest hope in that dl-' rection, because he had already sold several hundred thousand uhares mr than he had expeeted to sen. The inventor of the means of rev olutionizing air transportation, is An drew Morrell, who, Mr. Ots says, is the inventor of the airship that Beachey sailed over Portland during the expo sition. Thousands of people saw Beachy and perhaps that is why the stock has sold so well. Morrell, so the prospectus says, receives a salary largor than the President eo does a good clever jockey like Walter Miller and has shown his faith in the company by in vesting $20,000. Of course, the stock holders will pay Morrell's princely sal ary. New York Line Also. The literature tells an'amazlng story" of the hopes and aims of the "Ariel." When '.enough stock has been sold a big "Ariel" will be built that will carry 600 passengers and 40 tons of mail from San Francisco to New York in 24 hours, "just as fast as automobiles have travel ed," says the prospectus. For the time . being the a little "Ariel" with 10 passenger carrying capacity and 30 tons of mail, will have to satisfy Portland and San Francisco. Yet the trip will be made in the same old 24 hours. It Is something like 3000 miles to New York and, as the crow flies, something like 550 miles from Portland to San Francisco. This little variance in the time schedule does not bother Mr. Ots. He's selling stock. The National. Airship Company gives as Its depositories the Merchants' Na tional Bank of Portland. The company has an account at the Merchans' all right, but now, even though the bank iti closed, the deposit was not enough to give the company any concern. Mr. Ots tried to get the Bank of California to act as its depository and to use the bank's name on the letter heads of the company, but permission was refused. The account stands In Mr. Ots name. Mr. Ots Is no stranger to Portland. He once lived here and was In the con tracting business, although he admits that he had no office. He spent some time in Alaska and was sure he could give good references. Among the num ber of people to whom he referred was J. Thornburn Ross. O yes, he is go ing to put Portland on the map, as one of the first cities In the land to have airship transportation. The stock is now selling and the "Ariel" sails on its maiden trip on "All Fools" day." HILL OFFICIALS MEET HERE Location of Headquarters to Be He cided at Conference Tomorrow. Portland & Seattle Railway officials are gathering here for a conference to morrow, when mattera relating to the establishment of permanent headquar ters 'in Portland will be discussed. Francis B. Clarke, president of the Portland & Seattle; C. M. Levy, third vice-president of the Northern Pacific, and Mr. Clarke's predecessor as head of the Portland & Seattle, and F. A Peil, President Clarke's assistant, were in the city yesterday and will remain here until Monday, when they will he joined by Auditor Martin and General Manager Nutt, both of the Portland & Seattle,, with offices at Tacoma. "There is nothing of special interest to come 'up at the conference Monday," said President Clarke last night. "We will get together and talk over mat ters of general policy and we will also decide upon the location of headquar ters offices." It is likely, the Portland & Seattle offices will be located in the Chamber, of Commerce building, negotiations having been commenced by the officials with the management of that build-' ing. The officials now in the city promiso that the Portland & Seattle will be in operation into Portland, via the Kaiania ferry, by the middle of February. Thn two bridges across the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, they say, will be in use by June I. L0WIT TO BE EXTRADITED Will Be Brought Back From Colo rado on Larceny Charge. Gus Lowit will be extradited from Colorado and brought back to this city, to stand trial for grand larceny from the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company. Lowit is believed to be in either Den ver or Boulder, Colo., for. District At torney Manning has a letter from Lowit dated at Denver a few days ago, say ing that Lowit refused, on advice of his lawyers; to return here for trial. "I am not in close touch with the Lowit matter, for it heretofore has been handled oy Mr. Moser," said Dis trict Attorney Manning last night. "However, I propose to extradite Lowit and bring him back here to face the charges against him. I propose to take the Lowit case up Monday if I can get around to it and prosecute him." Advices from other sources are that Lowit has gone from Denver to Dcs Moines, la. C. A. Bell, an attorney, who is interested in Lowit's case, said last night: "I have beard from a witness in the Lowit investigation, who .claims to know, that Lowit has gone to Des Moines from Denver, where he Is work ing under an assumed name. I was given the name of the firm he is said to be working for." District Attorney Manning believes Lowit is still in Colorado. MUSIC LESSONS FREE. Take advantage of Ellers special offer $400 high-grade pianos for J2U4, and $:J75 styles for $248 and a four-months' course of instruction free. As the- close of tjjle draws near the buying quickens. These instruments are going fast, only twenty left now. Investigate at once. Eilers Piano House,. Washington, corner of Park. . Beall & Co. Give Banquet. - The annual banquet of Beall & Co., took place Monday evening at the Com mercial Club and, was attended by both stockholders and employes. The good feeling and better understanding . en gendered by these banquets was assisted a great deal by the excellent menu served. John S. Beall, president, and Mr. Ralph W. Hoyt, vice-president of . the company each expressed a firm be lief in the bright financial and business prospects for the coming year. There were many good after-dinner talks given by others present. The officers of Beall & Co., are: John S. Beall, president and general man ager; Ralph W. Hoyt, vice-president; L. Thompson, secretary; L. E. Trent, as sistant manager. Boy Killed by Shingle-Bolt. BELLINGHAM. Wash., Jan. 4. Earl Mueselman, aged 14, was killed and Clyde Damaske, aged 13, was fatally Injured last evening in the bolt flume at tho Manley shingle mill, 50 . miles south of of this city, by a heavy shingle bolt which crashed into them. A third boy was Injured. The boys . were playing in the flume, not knowing that timber was being sent down from the mountain side above. Muisselman's back was broken. He lived several hours after be ing struck. , Custom-made shoes at foctory vost at Rosenthal's house-cleaning .sale. Eye glasses $1.00 at Metzger's