SHR1HERS LINGER AS PORTLAND'SGUESTS Stragglers Still Pouring in on Way Home From Los Angeles. ORGANIZED PARTIES LEAVE Member or Every Tempi Promise to Boost for Roe City When National Convention Is In vited to Meet Here. A it hour h oraanlsed bodlea of Shrtn rs returnln from the Imperial m-c at l-o Ani' wr absent yesterday. I"r.rt!anrf remained the oaala for mora than Individual nm". who lin gered here a ful of various nnblrn of AI Kader Temple. Homeward-bound ptiirrim will t conspicuous fisurea In Portland for several weeka to come. With the departure late Friday aft ernoon of WT.llam J. Cunningham. Im perial potentate, and the farewell Fri day rlaht to mrmberi of Aleppo Tem ple, of Ronton, the week festivities o far aa Portland la concerned came to a cloae. Headquarters at the Tort land Hotel, the acene of much gaiety Ust wrk. were closed yesterday, ml tha r.d fea no lona-er was In evidence. U-miners of the reception committee were on hand to Itreet "stragglers" thai came. Kldea to various point of Interest In and about the city were provided for them the ame had been jelven the organised banda of the days before. Lew Whlteiaw. a member of Mecca Temple, of New York, la paastng a few days In Portland. having left the spe cial train party here. Mr. Whlteiaw la a diamond Importer and has many busi ness frlenda here. -1 often wondered why we did ao much bualness In Portland." said he. but I cao now ee why. I had no Idea that the city waa ao blit and that It represented no much wealth. 1 consid er Portland among the beat cities In the West." Members of the Arab patrol of A I Kader Temple, who arted as the Impe rial escort during Mr. Cunningham's vtslt. were at the hotel again yesterday to welcome the v!ltora Several patrol members lingered In Los Angel and other t'altfornla points at the clone of the conclave and their places In the ranks were Ukrn by substitute. From the Imperial potentale to the most humble member of the organiza tion. It was aareed that the climate, the scenic advant-ta-cs. the hotel accommo dattona and the hospitality of Portland entltlea this city to the Kalonal conven lon of Slirlners. should Portland ever aspire to entertain the order. l'ort laud planned some time ago to Invite the Shnners to this cltv In .1S. the year of the Panama-Pacific Kvpoaltlon. but Islam Temple, of fan Francisco, entered the field and AI Kader Temple withdrew. San Francisco, they say. Is entitled to the conclave In the year of the fair and Portland will aid In piec ing It there a. VO.MK.sTIC M.1KNCE AND ART STIPK.NTS Jl.WK UMIIIHT. Appcalm Kdlblr anil Kqually At Irartlte Crealtona In Mllllucrj Subject-, of Admiration. pt uoiise nnTA.NT. The domestic science and domestic att .: of tie V. W. C. A. held an Interesting eihihlt Thursday and Friday to mark the close of the terms 1n these two departments. Many In terested visitors thronged tre ae.rmb.y -.ll. where the exhibit waa Lery conceivable variety of a dlah waa to be seen on ti e attractively dec orated table., a "nsr,of guests expressed astonishment o er the many wars that dishe. were served i-nokerv Is s old a story to most housewives that tl.ey are amaxed to ;ind how much of Interest there real.y Is I" It- . That la because they know ao little about the chemical composition of fooda and the reasons for having the differ ent dishes that make up the dally menu.- aald Miss Faxon La Mont, the domestic science teacher. Miss La Mont aald that t f' her pupil had ab sorbed the feeling th.l had cooking as well as bad thinking was the cause of most human Ilia because they both csu-e Indigestion. The pupils In a good domestic science class have a golden opportunity to reap the results of the years of experience of a scientific cook, besides getting at tre fundamental prlnctplea Just aa they would In studying any other Important Subject. Kqual'.y Interesting was the exhibit ..f t e domestic arte department where the hate shirtwaists and various ar tlc'es n-.aJe In ttt rerartment are dls PlsyeJ on tre platform of the assembly I all. M re Interest see-nod to be taken In the mll'lnery ln In anything else In thi exh'.i.lt. Alt the hat were made at cctrrarstlvely t!I expens e as were tre reaut'ful art'flelal flowers shewn. In ore lnstar.ee the It-cent suffrage hat waa outdone, a a student had four hats gn exhibition t at tut-i'cd II In 'f cou-re she uej e-'.ai that had In the l oue." sa'J Miss Lewis, head of this i!fr'!H""t- 'Now. don't say thst she used any old thing, because she d'Jr't: - cael edd pieces of ma terial that she cov:d rot have used for arvtMig else and that Is real economy." Tes. f.mr late, one tailored, one -n I-tailored, and tw o lace eects. were as c' ' ar.d becoming aa any seeo In l' e shone. F-May r'eh.t tke rew'y graduated r...l. attired In white, tnvltej friends to 1l;oe of their c.MMt. Thla exhibit was very satisfactory to evervore concerned, as affairs of trie Und oins'!; brine out romietfto and So awake a desire to rrove Individual ahllltv. Tla !e unfortunately often lost slg'-.f of In the monotony of housework. POLICE AND SISTERS AGREE jt:creency Case Cause Misunder standing lth llospllal. Taken to task urder f-.e erroneous report t!ia: they had s!lej to notify the po'l.a that Mrs. Nortne Mnnag'e ha I taken polscn. from the -? t of which eh died Friday, the elsters at t Vincent's Hoenltal announced es taiday l-ia. la t luture tjjf wuu.d Include In their recorde an entry show ing the exact tun at which the po lice are notified of emergency cases. While there have been Instances where the police have not received word of case of violence' reaching the hospitals aa required by a recent or dinance, in the case at Issue It was found by detectives who made an In vestigation yesterday, that full report of Mrs. Monsgle's act was filed at fceadnuartera at the time It happened. Routine compliance with the hos pital ordinance nu been Irregular from rfce flrat. and the blame la bandied between the hospitals and the police. The hospital attendants assert that In many Instances the reports they make are received curtly and without show of Ipterest. In the rare cases In which EPPFRX i WILL AWAK K! nTKKEJT l BOY W1 OH CONTEST. ' r. . : ; : r. y . ; JsmIb W. MeFJlebrea. Justin W. McKachren. who did much of the press work for the Hoys" Carnival and "Boy Mayor'" contest of two years ago, has consented to do what he can to awaken general Interest In the Bov Msyor election this year. Mr. McKachren has had wide rewspaper experience In the Fast, havtnir been connected at different times and In various rapacities with the Detroit Free Press. Chicago Record. ChlcagS Kvenlng Post and the Sioux Clty Journal. He was editor of the "Northwestern" Magulne for two years and Is at present editor of the "'Valve World." a technical mgaxlne published by Crane Co. lie has always taken a deep Interest In the -Boy Scout.'" newsboys and similar organization.-. necessary police action Is delayed through the lack of timely reports, there seems to he no certain check upon the question whether notice waa received. It la to cure this defect that the hospitals will record each notifica tion sent to Police Headquarters. Funeral arrangementa for Mrs. Mon agle were made through her uncle. John Lehner. of Seaside, and the body was quietly Interred In Calvary Cem etery yesterday afternoon. PERSONALJVIENTION. Max Korn. a merchant of Aberdeen. Is at the Carlton. Dr. J. Y. Iteddy. ex-Mayor of Med ford. was In Portland yesterday. B. A. MflUap. of The Dalles, waa registered yesterday at the Cornelius. George Slcor. m prominent business man from Kelso. Wash.. Is at the Mult nomah. Paul M. French, a banker of The Dalles, was registered yesterday at the Cornelius. Walter H. Hanson. lawyer and ex Mayor of Wallace. Idaho, la registered at the Multnomah. T. J. t'herrlngton. a business man of Dallas, waa among the visitors to Portland yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thompson, of Seattle, are at the Carlton. Mr. Thomp aon Is a real estate man. A. S. Coats, p-omlnent lumberman of Raymond. 'Wash., was registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wlllard. of Salt Lake, were in the city yesterdsy. They registered at the Cornelius. Dr. Andrew Kershaw returned to W'lllamlna last nUht after passing sev eral days In Portland on business. Mr and Mrs. K. W. Pl.efflled. J. E. P.yles and Charles Webb compos a party registered at the Multnomah from Spokane. John R. Bulger. Cnlted States su pervising Inspector of steam vessel. Is registered at the Multnomah from San Francisco. K W. McComas. a prominent business "I Have Never Pianos Sell for SO SAYS ONE OF PORTLAND'S BIG MERCHANTS, WHO CAME TO THIS SALE TO BUY A USED UPRIGHT FOR HIS RANCH. INSTEAD HE SE LECTED A BEAUTIFUL BABY GRAND FOR HIS PORTLAND HOME. WE REPRODUCE HIS LETTER HEREWITH. Scores of People Are Daily Finding the Same Conditions at the Great Closing Out Sale of Reed-French Piano Co. This U the one bin: money-saving opportunity on best makes of pianos., "We have gone through the stock and slashed prices right and left. Absolutely the biggest cut in prices that was ever - known on pianos of a superior quality. Buyers can shop the town over, attend every kind of piano inducement ever offered or dreamed of. and thoir footsteps will turn back to the reliable house of Reed-French Piano Co., the house that has not been in the habit of conducting sales, the house that has always been known for the high quality of the instruments handled and square dealing. It's Time to Know the Facts Just a little reasoning power reveals the opportunities here presented to piano buyers of Port land and vicinity, seldom if ever before offered, for be it known that the Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co are retirin" from business in Portland. Every instrument, no matter what, must be and will be closed out. It"is to be no half-hearted effort, nor an excuse to sell pianos, but a genuine closin? out and closing up. of the Reed-French Piano Co. 's business. In order to accomplish this great undertaking quickly and close out this huge stock in quick order it was realized that these magnificent pianos would have to be priced without profits, which has made spontaneous selling and their immediate disposal a positive certainty. Just stop and consider what it means to be able to select your piano from a great variety of the best makes, itvles and finishes at about half the figure of retail price. These conditions you will find at this closing out sale.'as scores of others are finding out daily, for the remarkable success of the sale to date, the large number of instruments selected daily by the most critical buyers is the best proof we can offer you of the genuineness of this money-saving offer. een Htelh -Grade rtBasr ocli Little Prices" i f ' :'v-s-' J X.aSKtli 1111111111 S.S Hi Trill m-s)'Wiit.sajm.'.. J ""DPresldent Reed French Fiano Mfg. Co., Portland. Or. Doar Mr. Reed Tho baby grand piano has been delivered at our , and to sav we are delighted with its beauty of design, tone i 1 ..... A T ri t n and finish, is but putting it mildly. t I . T vmir t-1 .1 1-o ft TV !! 1 It may Interest you 10 Know vllc.i ..t.... with the sole, intention of buying an "nexpensive used upright (or my ranch, but the values you are offering in the highest grade 'n-tr"-ments were so apparent it did not take me long to select the beauti ful grafd for mv Portland home, sendins: the old home piano to the farm, as you will remember. 1 must say that I have never seen nlcli gradi pianos sell foe such little prices as you are making in closing out vour business, and you certainly will have no trouble in dispos ing or every instrument, muiciw... nSThanalngyyoUrforeurmo8t courteous amcnt. jS." PAYMENTS $3, $4, $5, $6, ETC., MONTHLY Out-of-Town People Tell us what you desire, in the way of price, style and terms. We will select and ship the instrument to you and guarantee perfect satis faction on arrival and examination, or instrument may bo returned without any expense to you. Oct your orders in early. Kaey pay ments if desired. REED-FRENCH PIANO MEG. 00. Portland, Or. s. I'leaso send me full information about the bargains selling from to $. Name Town , R.F.D State k. THE REMARKABLE SIDE TO THIS GREAT QUIT BUSINESS SALE It is not only the small amount you pay out, but what you get for your investment that makes this sale remarkable. For instance there is nothing remarkable in getting a piano for $85. $97, $127, $136. etc., but it is the pianos we are selling at such prices that is remarkable ; not unknown, unnamed pianos, but standard grade, highest class makes of instruments, the kind you have known for years pianos of known reputation and value, whose very mimes are a guarantee of their high character and worth. Road the list of these makes belbw. Surely you will agree with us there are no better and few ns good. "Many of these pianos are being taken daily at about half the regular retail price, and on terms to fit the pocketbook of every purchaser. CHOOSE FROM THESE MAKES Knabe Lindemann Poole Schubert Reed-French Haines Bros. Ludwig Krell-French Hallet & Davis Willard Mason & Hamlin Hardman Brewster Armstrong R. S. Howard 28 Pianos Were Taken Yesterday at These Sale Prices. Secure Yours While You May . . . 1 T 1- "V I. f -....;.l.l . l.,,..m . .ualiogany ana uarn. ljuiih.-. COCfl size, fine Pianos in every way, standard i)dJJ Choice 'Mahosranv and Walnut Uprights, sample CO fill Piano's, large plain panels, standard VUvW grades, exceptional tones English Onk and Mahogany Uprights, Q QClj fine make, 2 in Colonial design, hand- i?-JJJ some styles, reduced to only Flemish" Oak and Mahogany Uprights. SQ7h beautiful styles, fine makes, plain or ( w carved panels. Choice at Mahiipsnv and Curlv Walnut Uprights, best makes, richly carved or plain panels, one Colonial design Uprights, variety of finishes, high grade, choice of four makes, some richly carved, others plain French Walnut and Mahogany Uprights, exclusive styles, highest grade, choice of three makes, only Circassian Walnut and Mahogany Up rights, highest grade, best styles, plain or carved panels, only Mahoeany and Figured Walnut Uprights, the finest and best Pianos made, the greatest of all bargains $425 $450 $500 $600 Open . 6th and Evenings Burnside eed-Freiicli Piano Mig Co 6th and Open Burnside Evenings man of Pendleton, waa amonn tha out-of-town rlaltora aeen In the Imperial lobby yeaterday. Mr. and Mr. Jerome J. Py returned yeaterday from an extensive vlalt at Uom Ar.g-elea and San Dleffo. Mr. Day la one of the owners of the Hotel Fort land. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Orubb. of Wallace. Idaho, were registered at the Mult nomah yesterday. Mr. Orubb Is gen eral afent for the Northern Pacific In the Idaho city. Arthur Clarke. reputy Prosecuting Attorney for Benton County, was In Portland yesterday. Mr. Clarke ap peared for the s! the recent prose rutlon of the Humphrys brothers for murder at Corvallls. Fert Bradford, of Penrsboro: J. ! Clark and James A. Wltherell, of Pak erburo;. West Virginia: W. J. Mills, of Anamosa. and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Mur fleld. of Marietta, la., were among the visiting s-hrlpcrs registered yesterday at the Carlton. Jay Bowerman has gone to Los An geles, where he will appear as at torney for Charles E. Sumner and other creditors In an application for the ap pointment of a receiver for the North western Long Distance Telephone Com pany. William Nottingham and James M. Gilbert, of Syracuse. N. Y.. are at the Multnomah. Mr. Nottingham Is a prom inent financier and Is besides a lawyer. He Is president of the New Tork Bar Association. Mr. Gilbert la treasurer of the Syracuse Trust Com- pany and is active in public affairs. He was for a time a resident of Puget Sound, about 15 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hymen, of Ray mond. Wash., and W. Q. Hyman, of San Francisco, are registered at the Portland. The Messrs Hyman are the principal owners of the Columbia Box A Lumber Company, of South Bend, Wash. Mrs. Daniel McAllen is visiting her son. Lavelle. In Boston, who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last year. He Is now en iraered as assistant to Dr. Richards, pro fessor of mining engineering la that Institution. the Great Northern, and Fred R. Millls, of Baker, at the Majestic. Mrs. Klizabeth Crook Buried. The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Crook, who died at her home. 7103 Forty-fifth avenue Southeast, on Tuesday, May 14, waa held Thursday afternoon, with in terment at Mount Scott. Mrs. Crook was 88 years old and a native of Vir ginia. She moved to Portland 25 years ago. She Is survived by three sons and a daugther, James R. Crook, of Albany; J. M. Crook and William S. Crook, of Portland, and Mrs. Martha Tuxbury. of Newberg, Or. CHICAGO, May 18. f Special.) A. M. Before ordering cordwood or c.ean Rhoads, of Portland, Is registereq at 'arab patrol or al m xoeles or Mrs shwoacsoobt to TOua m , ca l pot - . . ... - . . - -'j -.S S . .. ... ...11H1.... "! CHILDREN NEED HELP JOHNSON TWINS CAN BE SAVED . BY KEGCLAK ATTENTION. Tubercular Trouble Slay Be Allevi ated Should Charily Folk Come to Rescue. PreviouJlv acknowledged '-?r?'! D. & T. K J000 182. m procure medical at- Total Donations to tention for the Johnson orphan twins, who are being cared for by generous persons who contribute toward their maintenance at the Oien-Air Sani tarium, are falling off perhaps on ac count of the public not realizing the existing conditions. A daily call for aid lias been kept up by The Oregoniaii tolcly in the In terest of the 4-year-old boy twins. Their mother died several months ago leaving them not only destitute but suffering with tuberculosis, the disease which resulted in her death. One of the children has a bad ankle, causing him to use crutches. This ankle can be cured if attended to regularly at once, otherwise it even tually will cause the disablement and 4eath of the child. Any Investigations are invited in the hope that somebody will care for the children as the city has maae no pro vision so far. Public Library Notes. If there are anv business houses that are discarding their city directories for 1911. now that the 1912 edition Is be ing distributed, the public library would be glad to receive the 911 copies for their exchange collection. Every di rectory received by the library can be exchanged for a 1911 directory of some important city In the United States, thereby making the library's collection of directories much larger than would otherwise be possible. These directo ries may be left at the librarian's of fice, or, if notified, the library will be glad to send for them. The reference and periodical rooms of the central library, Seventh and Stark streets, are now open on Sundays from 2 to 9:30 P. M., and afford a quiet, comfortable place for study and read- 'Dfc- . .. ... . Througn tne courtesy oi airs. w. m. . , H1 J, ' ,ana,-tmont the central, liumry line u" ...... collection of butterflies. Specimens . 1 . i-n ThIm w, Poi'lnn rrom so jm .-wu-1 1 uui .,, are Included, as well as many from our own country. Beginning June 1. the children's room will close on Saturdays at 6 o'clock. The Albina branch library, corner Rodney avenue and Russell street, will be closed on Sundays after June 1. n i j T . . , . U Vrlh Alhlns tjeginiiiug June j, ..v. ... branch library. 1131 Albina avenue, will open at t P. M-, instead of at 12:30 P. M. and remain open until 9:30 P. M., aa USU" f