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THE STTXDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. JANUARY 1. 1911. CARNEGIE GIVES That Extra MULTI-MILLIONAIRE WHO CELEBRATES OLD YEAR'S OUT GOING WITH FRESH BENEFACTION.. MAY 'SI, 250,0 00 Hero Fund Established Germany as for Three Other Nations. for v in ' 1 1 ii r 1 1 it n ' " .X.Ti.JI Ml BH-.l.,IH.1.1MNtIT TTSSS s V-vLH I llil S SUM -I,! KAISER NAMES COMMISSION Total C.lrrn Co Reward Heroes Xow $8.500.000 Income to Reward All Injured Doing Noble Deeds and Care for Families. BERLIN. Dec. SI. Announcement was mad today that Andrew earnest haj arlTen ll.S30.000 for a Carnegi Foundation for life-savers In Germany. The conditions and purpos of tns endowment axe similar to those of tns -hero funds" previously established by the American financier and philan thropist in the United States. Kngland and Krance. The annual proceeds will be used for the benefit of those who have been Injured In the performance of heroic acts. and. In the event of a hero'a death, for the support of sur viving dependents. A special provis ion Is made for the education of the children of those who have sacrificed their Uvea Some time aso American Ambassa dor 1111!. at the request of Mr. Car rede, approached the Emperor on the subject of whether such a gift would be acceptable. His majesty thorough ly approved of the project, and In an autograph letter to the donor expressed deep Interest In the benefaction. The necessary details were soon con cluded anj the fund placed In the hands of the Emperor, who as Its pa tron appointed a commission of 32 to administer the same. The president of the commission Is Rudolph von Valentl. chief of his ma jesty s ctrll cabinet, and his associates In connection with the American Am bassador and representatives of the mining-, railway, maritime and Indus trial Interests of Germany and the medical profession. The benefits of the fund will begin with the new year. Germany now has provisions for the relief of civil servants who have suf fered through heroism, and Mr. Car settle's a-tft will make It possible to round out a general system of benefac tion. This Is the fourth "hero fund estab lished by Mr. Cmele. The original tndowment ws made In April. 14. when 13.000.000 was placed In the bands of a commission composed of 21 residents of Pittsburg. I'a.. who were Instructed to use the annual proceeds of the fund for the benefit of depeud nts of those losing; their lives In he roic efforts to save their fellow-men. or for the heroes themselves If Injured stily. The beneficiaries were confined to those associated mlth acta per formed within the I'nlted States. Can ada and Newfoundland and the waters thereof. In 101 Mr. Carnegie rave SI.2SO.000 for the creation of a hero fund In Oreat Britain. In the following: year he established a slmllnr fund In France by t.ia gift of 1 1.000.000. The total set (part for this purpose Is now SS.300.000. GUT IS TItinCTK TO KICK MANY Carnegie Tells Kaier Ileaons Kai ser guipresaes Gratitude. NEW YORK. Iec. II. Ardrew Car nest expressed great satisfaction on learning that his gift of a hero fund for Germany had been formally an nounced In Berlin today. "It Is all most gratifying." he said, "and 1 feel that it Is a rood work to reward the heroes of civilisation who have saved or served their fellows. Mr. Carnegie's letter of icp timber 21, l10. to Emperor William offering to s.-Uabllsh the fund reads: "I am greatly pleased to hear that your majesty cordially approves of the hero fund. Its success over the North American continent rendered me anxi ous to extend its benefits to Germany, the root of the Teutonic race, from which we of the English-speaking branches have sprung. 1 desired this the more, berause during; the present long relxn Germany has kept the peace under your guidance. Your bands are guiltless of shcddlnir human blood, an example which cannot but Impress and influence the rulers of other lands In the direction of blessed International peace. "The unpayable debt our republlo owes to Germany furnishes another reason. The present census will show nearly. If not quite. 30.000.000 of Ger msns and their descendants and their present or future citizenship of the Re public Is one of the most valuable of all Its assets. "We live In an heroic age. Indus trialism develops the hero of peace. Scarcely a day passes without acts of heroism belnir revealed to one or an other of the hero funds already estab lished. In cases of mine accidents, the volunteers for rescue work who risk their lives by descending; Into the pit Invariably exceed the number required. !Such are the heroes of civilization. "I have long felt that such true heroism and those dependent upon them should be freed from pecuniary cares resulting; from thrlr heroism and as a fund for this purpose fl.SSO.OOQ In 5 ler cent inortgace bonds, yielding ap proximately 2j').00o mnrxs per annum, will he sent to the commission desig nated to administer this fund. "I enclose a statement giving gen eral directions for the operation of the fund, similar to that given to America. Krance and Great Hrltaln." In his reply the Emperor says: -This further proof of your world-.-enowned philanthrophy and magna nimity has given me very greet pless ii re and 1 consider wour aim In this case to be practically well chosen. "Your fund will contribute In a large measure to the duty of mankind to make appreciative provision for the victims of heroic proofs of love . of one's neighbor being more effectively discharged than lias been possible here tofore, and will encourage the decision ef noble persons to perform acts of res cue by banishing the fear for the fu ture of their survivors. I desire to ex press to you also, in the name of the German people, my warmest thanks. "la lasting memory of your noble deed I shall attach your nnme to the fund. Also I shall be very glad. In ac cordance with your wish, to place the fund under my personal protectorate and to appoint a commission. I shall send to you for your approval a draft of the fund statutes which will be drawn up containing the conditions stimulated by you. Insofar as they do not need to he modified through the j German cong-re. through the Ambas- J ador of the I'nlted States accredited r yrekV. - " :. , ' . . - v v ANDREW to my court, upon whose participation In the commission I lay great value." KAISER'S ENTHUSIASM ROUSED Cranegle's Donation Regarded as Rinding Germany to America. TX.T3T T V" TV. SI r3nelftl-l Ad- drew Carnegie's "decision to establish a hero fund with a capital or In Germany is receiveu wiin nimur.i ---... i i nt..-n m.nl fiimrtnr and In circles close to the Kaiser. The of ficial world regards It not oniy as an nhr nf the He hlndinar German and American Interests together. Kaiser Wilhelm received tne an nouncement of Mr. Carnegie's proposal with positive enthusiasm. The extent to which he will Interest himself per sonally In the undertaking Is shown by the character of the administrative board he has appointed. This body will be headed by Herr von Valentin!, v. .1 A t.1- t l.ifr'i eahlnet for CMvil Affairs, who comes Into contact with the Kaiser more frequently than any other otticiai. mis nccuon wm i tlcally bring the administration of the fund directly under the Emperor's su pervision. At the time of his visit to Berlin three years ago Carnegie expressed the ..... ilmtrallnn for the Kaiser. comparing him in energy and force of character with Oliver Cromwell. Hie esteem and cordiality were recipro cated by the Emperor. The hero fund donation is probably the largest charitable endowment ever made In Germany by a 'person not a native of the country. AFFINITIES. TOO MANY WIFE OK PnOMIXEXT NAVAL OFFICER WANTS DIVORCE. Idcntenant William Linn Culbert son, of Battleship North Dakota, Not True, Alleged. SAJf FRANCISCO. Dec SI. (Special.) Members of the Army and Navy smart set will receive with consterns tion the news that first Lieutenant William Linn Cubertson. United States Naval Academy, attached to the battle ship South Dakota, has been made de fendant in air-actlon foi divorce brought by Mrs. Llxa Winchester Culbertson. The suit was filed In the Superior Court here November 19. last, and since then every precaution has been taken to preserve the secret. The complaint was placed on the secret flle.and service on the young Naval officer was not made until Ave days ago. after his ship returned from the San Diego prac tice grounds. Cruelties of various kinds and un named "affinities." with whom the hus band Is said to have spent a large part of his shore leave, are the basis for the suit. and. on trial. It Is Intimated, If contest Is made, there will be the sensational told, that Is not recorded In the complaint, which will involve the names of many in and out of the Army and Navy set. On September 19, last. Mrs. Culbert son alleges, she received a etter from ber husband informing her the' he "had an affinity.' and would therefore bid her good-bye. Mrs. Culbertson asks an Interlocutory decree of divorce, carrying with it the custody of her two-and-a-half-year-old son. William Linn Culbertson. Jr., and tliO a month from Culbertson's month ly salary of Z30. Culbertson. son of a Boston manu facturer, met Miss Llxa Winchester Helgho. daughter of a Hartford. Conn., capitalist, while he was attached to the Atlantic fleet years ago. They were married at Fairfax. Conn., In Sep tember. 1906, and the event was one of the most Importance In Army and Navy circles in the Kast. Comb Wrecks Quaker City Storo. PHILADELPHIA. Dec 31. Residents In the neighborhood of Thirteenth and Dickinson streets were greatly fright ened early today by the terrific ex plosion of a bomb placed In front of the grocery store and home of Frank Angellulrr. No one was Injured, but the place was wrecked. Angellulrr places the blame, on a "black band" gang. Tramps Steal -and Sell Fork. COLFAX. Wash1.. Dec 31. (Special.) Two hoboes were arrested and the third escaped from Marshol Dlckerson at Te ka today. The hoboes were passing as farmers and were slllng dressed pork. .blth tiicy bad stolen fruin a local 1 v. . i r." i - Xi r V .V r - v V 1 - ascitis CARNEGIE!. 12 STORIES IS PLAN Skyscraper to Rise at Seventh and Morrison. 50-YEAR LEASE IS $967,500 Last Biff Realty Deal of 1910 Is Deal by Hisley Estate to Mor rlson Trust Company for Business Corner. The last big real estate deal of the year 1910 was closed shortly before o'clock last night, a 50-year lease for property of the Rlsley estate at the northwest corner of Seventh and Mor rison streets, representing an agregate payment of 967.E00 for the ground rent alone, passing into the hands of the Morrison Trust Company. As soon as leasea on the small structures now oc cupying the property expire, a modern 11-story office building, to cost about $:S0.00O. will be erected on the site by the company. The property has 100 feet frontage on Morrison street and SO feet on Seventh. Rentals are scheduled on 10 year periods. The monthly rate for the first 10 years Is 111:5; for the second 10 years. (1375; for the third 10 years. 11(25; for the fourth 10 years. I1S75 and for the last 10 years. 12000. The rental amounts to S per cent on $325,000, the given valuation. The principal stockholders In the company are A. I. McAIlen and E. A. Lundburg. The deal was negotiated through the law firm of McN'ary & Lundburg. The type of office building has not been decided upon, other than that It will be 12 stories with store rooms on the ground floor. The westward trend of business may cause changes of pres ent plans and result in a more elab orate building being erected than now contemplated. WASHINGTON MILITIA OFFICERS SWITCHED BY ORDERS. Adjutant-General Lamping, of Washington Retired and Placed on Waiting List as Colonel. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 31. (Special.) Orders were Issued to the National Guard today retiring Adjutant-General George B. Lamping and placing him on the wait ing list with the rank of Colonel, reliev ing First Lieutenant Fred Berger. As sistant Adjutant-General, naming Major Fred Llewellyn, commanding the Third Battalion, Second Washington Infantry, as Adjutant-General and making Major Harvey J. Moss, of the Coast Artillery stsff. his assistant. Other changes made In the new orders relieve Captain Denton M. Crow, as su perintendent of the Spokane Armory and give that position to Captain George R. Iovejoy, of Company I. Captain Haul Weyrauch, of Walla Walla, is made Regimental Quartermaster. Captain J. M. Turry of Company E, North Yakima. Is the ranking company commander in the Third Battlalon and in the regular order of Guard affairs, will be made Major to succeed the new Adjutant-General. While Adjutant-General George B. Lamping Is placed on waiting orders by the orders Issued today. It is expected that he will be assigned to the command of the Second Washington Infantry which Is now without a Colonel. General Lamp ing has refused tc make a formal re quest for his chance, but the law pro vides that he must be given the first vacancy and a vacancy exists In that command. No attempt has been made to fill the vacancy In the Second Washington since Colonel Otto A. Case was placed on wait ing orders. It was understood at the time this action was taken that the Ad jutant-General would retire with the be ginning of the new year and that he would he given tne pince. The change at Spokane In the superln- Pair of Trousers A black, blue or gray cheviot, Thibet or -worsted suit, -with an ex tra pair of trousers, eitber of same or striped material, $25 Your suit order this week will in clude an extra pair of trousers for the price of suit aloue. Suit and extra trousers, $25 to $15. Need an Overcoat? Specially priced Overcoat Fabrics this week at $25, $30, $35 Easily worth $10 to $15 more. Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. Garments to order la a day If requlrad Full drsas and Tuxedo suits a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS' SONS 108 THIED STREET tendency of the Armory Is disciplinary. Captain Crow, busy with civil affairs. has not been able to give the Armory control close attention and an appolnt- mer.t was made of a superintendent wj.o could give more time to the work. Captain Crow Is a successful young at torney and former newspaper man whose loyalty to the Guard has never tseen questioned. STUDENT LOST; SEARCH ON Willamette University Authorities Fear for Guy Preston. SALEM, Or., Dee. 31. (Special.) Willamette University authorities, after searching since the middle of October for Cuy Preston, a student in the col lege of liberal arts are now expressing great apprehension over his disappear ance and deslra to secure some word from him If possible to relieve the minds of the student's parents In Ohio. He packed bis trunk and grip, left his books in his room at the men's dormitory and disappeared, his departure being un known, even to his roommate. President Homan states he is unable to find any reason for Preston leaving the university, as ne owea no money, luui been in no trouble and as far as he knew was an exemplary student in every respect. He is described as being about six feet tall, dark nair, mm iace and weighing about 160 pounds. His father writes that his son has a scar near the crown of his head, running di agonally, a little over an Inch In length and that the large finger on his right hand is crooked at the end Joint. There has been no Inquiry for the missing stu dent since he left the university, which leads the president to believe ne naa been in no difficulty here, WETS WIN AT GRANTS PASS Special flection Gives Council Right to License Saloons. GRANTS PASS. Or., Dec. 31. (Spe cial.) At a special election held In the city today the wets won by a majority of 49. The election was held to get the expression of the voters that the Council might license the selling of In toxicating liquors under the home rule amendment. Considerable work was done by both wets and drys. The Anti-saloon League through its local committee, has de clared that Injunctive proceedings will be Instituted In the courts to prevent the Council from acting. New York Settles With Subway Men. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. The city of New Tork and the Rapid Transit Sub way Construction company nave ar rived at an understanding after years of litigation, by which the city saves $4,514,405. The company asicea t.ia. kw for extra work. The city put in counter claims on work called for in the contract and never done. The bal ance struck will now be a payment by the city of !tl.4,l"9. The New Year is the time to con struct the u e c e s sary foundation to business success. Xo one ever suc ceeded who did not begin to save some thing of his earn ings. Open an account with us and add to it regularly until you can accumulate a starting capital. We pay interest "on Savings Ac counts and on Time Certificates. Your jiatronage is solicited. Merchants Savings&Trust Company SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Store Closed All Bay Monday, Jan. 29 1911 To One and All We Extend Greetings of the Season, Wishing You and Yours A Happy Mew Tear February 1, 1911, we take stock and close our fiscal year. Before then we will sell an immense quantity of excellent merchandise at prices that scarcely represent the cost of production. We do this in order to start the new season with all our sections freed from the accumulations of the old. It is a part of our established policy never to cany goods over from one season to another. The great est bargains of all the year are, consequently offered on every hand, and many shoppers will take advantage of them to supply their needs for months to come. Especially attractive are the values offered for TUESDAY'S SELLING, a partial list of which we publish in Monday evening paper. FILMS SHOW LOCAL GIRL DOT BERNARD, PORTIVXD ACT RESS, IX PICTURE. Leading Role In Remarkable Mov ing ricture Held by Former Juvenile in Stock. In one of the most remarkable mo tion picture films ever brought to Port, land and shortly to be shown in Fort land, the leading character is Dot Ber nard, formerly appearing in stock In Portland and widely known here. The film Is a tremendous sermon de picting the "two paths,' and the role of the leading figure, the girl who goes to Hades, requires acting of no mean qual ity since everything must be ex pressed by gesture and expression of raThe former Portland girl (and those who have seen the film say the char acter is unmistakably Miss Bernard) shows a wonderful development In her art since she was seen here in Juveni e and ingenue roles, and her work in this feature film Is taken by critics as in dicating a decided future for her as an emotional actress. . The picture Is to be shown in the near future at the theaters of one of the largest motion-picture concerns on the Coast. Transfer Slips Give Advice. rvoi.- tw 51 H. who rides in i E. w i v i.i'i the New York streetcars may henceforth get a liberal education by studying the imnnfer sIIds which the company distributes gratuitously. Cap- aules of pmiosopny aim ia ''" are being delivered daily thereon for the t travelers. Formerly adver- tisements were printed on the back of transfer slips, cut now peuyio m almost anything from the care of teeth- GREAT JANUARY Sacrifice of a Stock of Articles From Manufacturers ot the Highest oianaaru vymy THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF MEN'S WEAR TO BE FOUND IN PORTLAND FROM A STORE OF ACKNOWLEDGED PRESTIGE MANHATTAN, AND CLUETT GREATLY RE E. & W. SHIRTS DUCED ....$1.15 . . . .$1.3o ....$1.75 . . . .$X9l . . . $255 ....$2.75 . $33o $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 Shirts cut to. Shirts cut to. Shirts cut to. Shirts cut to. Shirts cut to. Shirts cut to. Shirts cut to. $4.00 $5.00 Extra Special Cooper Ribbed, Regular $1.50 a Garment, Cut to, the Garment Imperial Hotel Bldz. lng children to the effect Of alcohol on the eyotem. by simply reading hints on the reverse sides of the red, green and white tickets. Each day a new bon mot greets the glances of careful observers. Health hints are a favorite theme and dissertations on etiquette are common. One recent heading was "Make things pleasant." Other texts Include advice on the war against tuberculosis, historical facts and quotations from classical au thora, JOINT RATE IS DEMANDED Relief of South Tacoma Is Object of Commission's Suit. OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 31. (Special.) To force the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound and the O.-W. R. & N. Company to put into effect a Joint rate to South Tacoma. the State Railroad Commission has filed a formal suit before the Inter state Commerce Commission. On shipments from points along its line the Northern Pacific absorbs the switch ing charges on goods consigned to South Tacoma, but when a shipment is made from a point on any one of the other roads the Northern Pacific makes the shipper pay an addilional 2'4 cents a hundred on carload lots. As the order would affect Interstate shipments, the Interstate Commerce Com mission will be asked to enter the order. Rebel Prisoners to Be Tried. P.RRAI Mexico, Dec. 30 (via El Paso Tex., Dec. 31). Thirty-eight rebel prisoners, guarded by 60 soldiers, were taken from here to Chihuahua yester day for trial. Two hundred soldiers sent Into the mountains after rebels sent back five prisoners this week, and reported, according to the Jefe Politico. Rodolfo Valles, that "the Insurgents are racing madly for the State of Sonora, with troops In hot pursuit." Fifty men and three officers are sta tioned on top of hills commanding this city, but have nothing to do. SALE OF MEN'S WEAR Men's Furnishings of Superior Quality, Comprising GREAT REDUCTION IN UNDERWEAR, UNION AND TWO-PIECE SUITS $6.00 Underwear cut to $4.50 $5.00 Underwear, cut to $3.75 $4.00 Underwear cut to $3.00 $3.00 Underwear cut to $2.25 $2.00 Underwear cut to $1.50 $1.50 Underwear cut to $1.00 MEN'S FURNISHING AND HATTER 329 Washington St., Bet. 6th and 7th Sts. ' i GAR DROPS FATALLY TWO FALIj eight floors whex ELEVATOR CABLE SXAPS. Apartment-House Occupants Panio Stricken When Crash Comes, but "Central" Calms All. NEW YORK. Dec. 31 An unidentified man was instantly killed and another fatally injured shortly before midnight last night, when an elevator car in an apartment-house on West One Hundred and Twelfth street, in which both men were riding, ascended rapidly to the top of the shaft, snapped its cables and dropped eight stories Into the cellar. The force with which the car struck the cement foundation of the shaft, shook the building, and many of the tenants rushed into the street, fearing that the building had collapsed. A general stam pede was averted by the 18-year-old girl telephone operator, who remained at her seat at the switchboard In the hallway, only a few feet from the elevator shaft, until she had called up every apartment In the building and assured the tenants that there was no danger. As nearly as the police have been able to learn, the car was in charge of an in experienced operator, who ran It upward at top speed so that it crashed Into the steel beam at the top of the shaft, snap ping some of the mechanism, so that it dropped downward unsupported. The police dug the operator and his companion out of the wreckage in the basement. The operator was dead and his companion's back was broken and his skull fractured The oldest piece of music still In use ! the Biesslngu ot tho Priests." which was oriBlnally usert In the temple at Jerusalem. ast year London's 144 lira tighten answered 5M8 calls and 20S persona were In jured and ti.l killed. The Frelhurg silver mines of Saxony nava been i-losed. after having been worked for 700 years. , NECKWEAR REDUCED 50c Ties cut to 35 3 for $1.00 75c Ties cut to 50 $1.00 Ties cut to '. 65 $1.50 Ties cut to 957 $2.00 Ties cut to .$1.35 $2.50 Ties cut to $1.65 Imperial Hotel Bldg.