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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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