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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTI AND. SEPTEMBER 21, 1913.
WESTPORT, STILL FRONTIER, IDEAL
PLACE TO SECURE REAL VACATION
Many Attractions and Much Rest for Weary City Worker to Be Found at Little Summering Resort on Grays
Harbor Cabin Still Standing in. Which President Grant Lived While Visiting Friends.
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Tls twet on the beach In the dan!n'
With the surf rollln' In from the sea.
And the lights and the shadders a-playln'
With the gulls as the sail far and free.
FRED D. HII.L.
WESTPORT. Wash.. Sept. 20. (Spe
cial.) Captain Robert Gray early In
May. 1792. sailed his ship Columbia In
to a harbor 75 miles north of Astoria,
after crossing to the sober side of a
rough bar. The Captain, a practical
man, required wood and, proceeding up
the south channel, dropped his inud
hook in the tide flats opposite the site
of the present city of Westport, send
ing a detail of sailors ashore to cut
wood. Old residents of the village
point out stumps which have been rou
ting away from the time the memory
of man runs not to the contrary and
say the trees were felled by the boat
crew from the Columbia. The State
Historical or Geographical Society as
sert that the bold captain landed on
the north side of the harbor, opposite
a giant spruce, and a bronze tablet
bears tho inscription, "Here landed
Captain Robert Gray, ship Columbia,
May 7, 1792." At any rate the harbor
was landed on enough by the captain
to bear his name.
Indtasa Are Encountered.
The young man who comes West to
grow up with the country and drops
suit case or blanket roll on Westport
dock, need have no doubt about hav
ing played the limit on Horace Gree
ley s advice. To the west lies "heap
much salt water," some thousands of
miles straight away.
The wood-cutting sailors found the
Bite of estport populate by a band
of Chehalis, some 40o or 500 Indians.
Half-breeds in the valley proudly trace
direct descent from these same sailors.
The curtain drops for some 60 years.
"Old man" Peterson (then youthful)
appears on the scene. The country
muBt have looked good to him for he
homesteaded and still Is here with a
big bunch of descendants.
Scattered foundations, brick, mortar
and debris, mark the site of the block
house and barracks maintained by the
War Department for a number of years
In the dim past. There was no fight
ing. Just a station for two lieutenants
and 80 men.
To this block house In the 50s came a
young Army officer. Lieutenant U. S.
Grant, from Fort Dalles, Or., bent on
hunting, fishing and a visit to his old
West Point comrades. Lieutenants Cott
and Maloney.
Tradition says that the officers-
quarters were shy in the matter of
tedsteads. Grant borrowed hammer
id saw and soon put together a serv-nc-jablb
bunk. This bedstead, covered
vlth dust. Is packed away in a back
-com on the Ingram place, Aberdeen
id.
"ilstory does not say how many ducks
T-vUtenant Grant winged, how many
elk and bear he slaughtered, or how
many fish he hooked, and President
Ulysses S. Grant, a man of silence,
never did tell. The old block house,
which gained no name or fame aside
from the visit of its illustrious guest,
was abandoned soon after the war.
Time goes on and Westport wins a
place on the geography maps and In the
steamboat folders.
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Portland Presbytery; Rev. J. H. Mat
thews, of Seattle, state secretary for
Washington for the Congregational
Church, and O. J. Bowman, pastor's as
sistant at the First Presbyterian
Church.
Monday evening pastors and super
intendents will meet at Calvary Pres
byterian Church for luncheon. They
will consider "Sunday School Manage
ment." -
- Next Sunday afternoon an education
al rally of Sunday school leaders will
be held in the. First Presbyterian
Church. Mayor Albee is expected to
speak. Dr. J. H. Boyd, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, will deliver
an address.
In . connection with this efficiency
campaign as ordered by the Presbytery
of Portland, Rev. A. M. Williams, the
district educational superintendent of
the Presbyterian board of Sunday
school work. Is making an educational
survey.
Rev. J. H. Matthews, in charge of
Congregational educational work In
Washington, who assists the Presby
j ttrlans in the efficiency campaign in
Portland, will sDeak in the Third Pres
byterian Church this evening.
Tire evangelistic singers, Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Webb, will sing today at the
Vernon Bungalow Church of Christ,
East Fifteenth and East Wgant streets,
at both services. They will give an
illustrated song service in the evening.
On Tuesday evening the Luther
League of St. James' Lutheran Church
had a delightful time on a moonlight
excursion, on the steamer Imperial.
Fifty-sik young people were present,
some .going by car and on the sands at
Oak Grove they met and had a corn
and weiner roast and a general good
time was enjoyed. The young women
were chaperoned by Mrs. J. Harvey
Johnson and Mrs. J. Allen Leas.
The brotherhood of St. James' Lu
theran Church had an enthusiastic in
itial meeting in the clubrooms of the
church' and made their plans for the
season's work. A number of features
of church work were emphasized and
arrangements were made for a basket
social to be given in the church on
Wednesday evening, October 8. All the
members of the church will be invited
and the women will be asked to fur
nish tlte lunch baskets, which will
then be purchased by the men.
Mutteringa of the Movies
. , By Leone Cans Baer.
"MARRIAGE FREEDOM" DECLARED
SUCCESS AFTER 12-MONTHS' TRIAL
Los Angeles Couple on First Anniversary Tell of Happiness Anti-Fight Campaign Gains
Curbed Hermit Emerges From Lair Women Aid Girls in Court.
Support Begging
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Many Good Shlpa Wrecked.
The Government maintains a llfe-sav.
lng crew, equipped with two surf boat
and all modern apparatus. Many a rood
hip has laid her bones on the Westport
beach. A red blot In the ocean, south
of the Jetty outlines the hull of the
steel ship Torreedale, literally blown
ashore New dear's eve, 1911. A cabin
and spar sticking grotesquely out of
the sand, marks the burial place of the
Mildred, wrecked 15 years ago.
The lighthouse and fog horn equip
ment are a few hundred feet north of
the life-saving buildings. Inspection
of all these Government structures and
appliances Is pleasant and profitable.
Interesting It is to note the protection
tne isation extends to those who
down to the sea in ships.
Across the bay, a whaling station can
be reached by ferry. Wear a clothes
pin in your face Is the olfactory nerve
Is at all weak. Aside from Chicago,
this whale odor has you backed off the
boards. Sure thing, equal to five packing-house
smells combined, consolidated
and focused in a funnel. Cut it with a
knife, serve hot and Llmburger may go
away and hide Its head in shame. Its
glory has departed. Smell is so intense
It Is Intolerable. Indescribable. Take
your best girl to the whaling station.
Don't forget to borrow an engagement
ring. Yours for keeps, of course, but
make sure of It.
Prodncta Are Varied.
Products of Westport are clams,
crabs, chickens, children and cows, and
the chief occupation of the citizens is
the excavation of razor clams. The
clam is some digger himself and when
you see a person, young or old, standing
on head or left ear, be not alarmed; It
Is simply an active, ambitious amateur's
attempt to accumulate a razor clam.
The professional digger inserts a shovel
In the sand, gives a sharp twist and the
clam Is flipped by neck Into his pall.
This utensil will be f uil before a green
hand can acquire half a dozen.
Clam digging requires low water, and
tide la low one hour later each day. This
necessitates the use of lanterns during
night digging. In Winter season,
storms pile huge breakers on the beach
and clam diggers occasionally get
ducked good and plenty attempting to
pick up bucket, lantern and shovel at
the same time to escape from the on
rushing deluge. A good salt water
bath, however. Is healthy.
Chickens thrive here and an old-timer
la authority fcr the statement that any
man with 35 or 40 hens and & garden
may live fine without further assist
ance. Eggs are not so plentiful In Win
ter, and one of the citizens Is about to
patent a rubber sandal (non-interference
with scratching guaranteed) for
the hen, to be used outside. This can
easily be removed when MIbs Pullett or
Mrs. Hen retires for the night. The
theory Is that wet feet Impair the hen's
laying qualities. Another Idea is to
place sewer pipes three or four Inches
under ground, build a fireplace at one
end, and gentle rays of heat ascending
will dry the soil, thus Increasing the
supply of eggs and decreasing fowl
mortality.
Persons who came to Westport In
early days, never ale4 and aever stay
away, except to visit. Families are
too big. How about a great grand
father going up to a snowy headed
chap and remarking "Father, you had
better milk tonight; I've got the rheu
matiz." Westport Is loaded with 60-year-old
kids who have dads.
Westport is a healthy burg; no doc
tor, no druggist nearer , than 16 miles.
Don't Dewey Hall live here, the big
gest boy in captivity. Dewey is a liv
ing example of the benefits of expan
sion. When the thunder of the Ad
miral's guns woke echoes In Manila
Bay and changed the map, Dewey Hall
was born In Westport. and a germ of
expansion started. Today, at the age
of 16, he weighs 298 pounds, no more,
no less. Dewey Is a short haul per
pendicularly, but a ong haul around
the equator, and Is some expansion.
Here Is a grand opportunity for the
Peerless Leader to obtain a mascot.
Frank Chance, write, wire or phone,
maybe you can get Dewey Hall; he Is
the boy who will send the Highlanders
(now Lowlandcrs) pennantward.
One of the attractions of Westport is
Moonstone Island. Just where the Pa
cific Joins the harbor at low water
beautiful moonstones and agates can
be found. A moonstone Is a drop of
water solidified and blended with tints
of opal, pearl and diamond.
The beach at Westport is hard sand
and stretches away without a curve for
16 miles; many say the surface is bet
ter for auto racing than Palm Beach.
Motorcycles have done the mile In less
than 56 seconds. Surf bathing is mag
nificent and lasts until the middle of
September.
Westport Is ns Summer resort;
that is. the kind where tourists come
for a change and a rest, and streetcars
get the change and hotels .the rest.
Bring a tent, towel, bathing suit and
tooth brush; many are the ideal spots
where camping ground can be prepared.
A pleasant place, away from the cen
ters of activity, away from the pulse of
life, out of the current, a spot forgot
ten, still lingering In the dreamland
of the past. Some day a good fairy
will wake up Westport. ' Steel will, be
laid, the village will brush dust of
years from Its Bhoulders, quit talking
clams and cows and enter the strenu
ous life. .1
Just now, thje peace of the Solomon's
Valley hangs over all, and If you care
to enjoy the charm of nature unde
f " ed, come along. Here are beautiful
woods filled with song birds, magni
ficent surf bathing, plenty of hunting
and . fishing In season. Here Is the
last frontier of pioneer life.
Soon the whistle of the locomotive
will sound along these shores. Gone
then will be the days of the old timer,
the reign of the beach comber. Come
on, the water is fine.
HANKS to the Kinemacolor Com.
given inside information concerning
Anna Held's lingerie. A representative
of the company met Miss Held at the
pier of the steamer France on her ar
rival and promptly executed a contract
to add her to the list of film studies
which Includes America's leading play
ers. Special attention will be given in
these pictures to Miss Held's ward
robes, and the diamond-studded socks
'Will have a film all to themselves.
On the steamer with Anna of the
Orbs were William Elliott, David Bel
asco's son-in-law and partner; Dustin
Farnum and Walter Hale. The -three
went abroad several months ago to
take some moving pictures. They
traveled 7600 miles In three automo
biles and brought back 9000 feet of
film. A report that Mr. Belasco was
going Into the moving-picture busi
ness was denied by Mr. Elliott.
Mary Pickford, who played the lead
ing role In the "Good Little Devil,
after being taken from the movies by
David Belasco, is still in a dangerous
condition at the Polyclinic Hospital,
where she was operated on for appen
dicitis late Thursday night. While not
yet past the crisis there has been a
decided turn for the better, and accord
ing to the doctor in charge, her condi
tion late last night showed great improvement.
Immediately following the operation
Miss Pickford was so critically ill that
It was feared she would not recover.
Miss Pickford is now playing leading
parts for the Famous Players Film
Company.
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The state of California and San Fran
cisco in particular, is about to be
boosted throughout the country in the
most energetic and up-to-date fashion
through the medium of moving pic
tures. With that end in view, the pub
licity department of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce has arranged
with the producers of the Golden Gate
Weekly to feature things generally
Callfornlan and especially San Franciscan.
Special attention Is to be given to
the Exposition, to which a reel will be
devoted weekly.
The St. Louis Moving Picture Com
pany's' Albuquerque, N. M., stock com
pany has moved to the old Melies
studio near Santa Barbara, Cal.
Lawrence D Orsay Is to appear In a
series of short feature films in his
well-known characterizations.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. (Special.)
Monday was the first anniver
sary of the wedding of Carleton
Y. and Heluiz Chandler Washburne,
who created a Nation-wide sensation
last year by being married under an
unique marriage contract. In which
provision was made for the entire per
sonal freedom of each In all matters
of love and conduct of life.
On the day their marriage was sol
emnized Washburne was forced at the
last moment to scour the country for a
Justice of the Peace who did not ob
ject to the novel provision of the pre-
nuptial contract. Following the an
nouncement of the wedding the public
has been waiting with Intense curi
osity the outcome of the marriage.
And while tne public has waited the
young couple have found a pretty
vine-oovered bungalow in Hollywood,
where they have established them
selves. Here they pursue their mu
tual studies of psychology, sociology
and other metaphysical problems which
they so dearly love. They garden to
gether and work together, and In the
evening Washburne reads aloud to his
wife while she sews or embroiders.
"We are the personification of hap
py domesticity, they both declare.
happiness shining in their eyes. "If
we were to marry again, we would do
it Just the same way."
I wish to announce this much,
said Washburne, "that our first year
of married life under the contract has
been, eminently successful. We are
both perfectly happy, and that Is as
much as any other in the world can
say for themselves, isn t lt7
As far as we are able to see, the
solution of the marriage evil consists
of the following things: Right educa
tion the clean, straightforward truth
concerning sex taught to children;
right mating ample opportunity for
every young man and woman to seek
the true mate, with the highest
ideals to guide them in the search;
equality and freedom in marriage.
Every wife should be perfectly free
from her husband economically; under
our present laws, by bis settling upon
her a full half of his income, regard
less of separation, unlit she remarries,
and by sharing equally with her- the
expenses of their children under all
conditions."
Pledges of assistance In the anti
prizefight campaign have come from
all parts of California to the Rev. E.
Guy Talbot, campaign manager for the
state, with headquarters in the rooms
of the Church Federation of Los An
geles. The campaign was actively inaugu
rated Sunday when copies of the anti
prizefight initiative petition were cir
culated in the 200 or more churches
of the city and generously signed.
The Council last Saturday by a unan
imous vote passed the ordinance pro
hibiting bfesrins: on the DUblic streets
and giving the Municipal Charities'
Commission power to supervise all
charitable institutions in the city, their
donations and disbursements. The or
dinance was promptly signed by the
Mayor and is in effect.
The ordinance compels every per
son or organization soliciting for char
ity, except regular established churches
and religious organizations, to secure
a permit and indorsement from the
Municipal Charity Commission.
A discovery that may revolutionize
existing conceptions of animal and
horticultural development in remote
ages and is sure to cause the most vig
orous discussion in the ranks of geolo
gists and paleontologists, was an
nounced this week by Frank S. Daggett,
director of the county historical mu
seum, and Howard Robertson, secretary
of that institution.
Buried deep in the asphalt pools on
La Brea ranch, where extensive exca
vations are being made by the county
museum directors, has been found the
trunk of a tree much resembling cy
press. The discovery is of staHling impor
tance, because it will prove either that
the gigantic and ferocious animals
whose remains are imbedded in the
Brea pool existed down to a more re
cent date In Southern California than
elsewhere, or that trees of the type
of the cypress existed at dim ages in
the past when present-day scientists
declare the ancestors of the present
day trees had not yet evolved from the.
primitive cycads of fern-like growths
that preceded them.
After living the life of a recluse in
the Sierra Madre Mountains apart from
all civilization for 36 years, "Old John"
Hildering paid a visit to Pasadena and
Los Angeles Friday for the first time
in that period.
Friday marked the first time in his
life that Hildering had ever seen a
trolley car, an automobile or a high
building.
Despite these wonders, the sight
which proved most startling to the
hermit were the clothes worn by the
women.
Hildering's career reads like a chap
ter from a novel. He came from New
England to Sacramento 37 years asro
and took up a mining claim. He left
his sweetheart in Boston with the un
derstanding that he would send for her
as soon as he made a strike.
Several months later his claim panned
out well. He sent for the girl. She
arrived and the couple were marriw;.
The day after the ceremony the bride
became ill anil died in less than a week
from mountain fever.
Almost heart - broken. Hildering
packed his belongings and moved
south. He arrived in Pasadena and
made his way into the mountains, built
a cabin and established a camp about
40 miles beyond Rattlesnake Canyon.
Ho earned his living by hunting, fish
ing and trapping. A half-breed Mex
ican acted as his servant and attended
to the small buying that was necessary.
With tho slogan of "fair play," th
women's clubs of Los Angeles have
gone to the aid of the "white slave
girls" in tho trial of Ueorgo H. Blxby,
millionaire banker.
Society and club leaders of Los An
ereles have hurled their gauntlets into
tho arena and announced themselves as
champions of tho "girls.
They demand fair play for the girls.
an impartial trial of tho case, and have
issued the ultimatum that riches or so
cial prominence must not interfere la
behalf of the wealthy defendant.
They plan to prevent Bixby s escape
from trial because of his wealth and
influential backing: the employment of
talented counsel lor the girls; the wag
ing of a dollar campaign among all
women in the city to raise funds for
attorneys' fees: the unswerving back
ing of the clubs for the girls in the
case.
That women have at last come into
their own, that for the first time in
the history of tho woman movement
they are daring- to display sex loyalty.
that their new steps is the greatest
justification of woman suffrage the
world has seen and that they are crys
tallizing the years of benefit derived
from club study and club meetings in
the highest form of social service are
tho opinions expressed by leading meu
nd women of this city and state.
A hearty welcomo has been extended
from tho District Attorney's office to
all women who wish to help in this
movomcnt.
TOMBS HAS CELLS FOR 425 PRISONERS
YET 735 INMATES ARE CONFINED NOW
Judges, Drawing $17,500 Annually, All Away on Vacation, and No Relief for New York Is Promised, Despite Pro
tests Made to Remedy Conditions, Existent for Years Cause at Variance.
FIRST PRESBYTERIANS
TO HAVE BUSY YEAR
Various Young People's Classes, Clubs and Societies Arrange Studies
and Varied Forms of Entertainments for Winter.
HE various organizations of the
First Presbyterian Church are
planning for an aggressive year's
work. The Young Men's Bible Class
plans to have the clubroom open every
Saturday evening, while a special et-
on September 28. An orchestra is be
ing organized for the Winter.
The Pb.llala.thea clajs of young wo
men will begin Its Winter studies to
day.
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The plans for the Winter at the
fort will be put forth to gather into , Men's Resort, Fourth and Burnslde
these evening meetings the young men
of the vicinity for sociability and self
Improvement. The regular 12:10 P. M.
Sunday meetings for Bible study under
the leadershiD of H. C Ewlng will con
tinue. The San Grael Society is planning,
in addition to the rns-ular 6:80 P, M.
Sunday devotional meeting, and nu
merous outside activities, to give one
evening eacn week to a meeting open
to all young men and young women.
Every Monday they will meet in the
church and pass the first hour on Bible
study under the leadership of the pas
tor's assistant. The second hour will
be given over to debate, current topio
discussion, historical study, eta, after
which an hour will be passed in so
ciability. The Monday night Bible
class of last year will meet with them
In their Bible study, which will be
"The Life of Christ."
The Young People's Circle will hold
its usual 4:45 P. M. Sunday afternoon
devotional meeting, beginning today.
A sociable is planned for the evening
of September 26.
Plans are being formed to open the
church house to various university ex
tension courses during the year. The
senior chorus will render Colerlda-a
Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
In the near future. A moving-picture
machine has been installed and will be
used with educational and humorous
films.
The Sunday school will observe En
rollment Sunday today and Rally day.
streets, include a atereoptlcon Bible
lecture every Monday evening under
the auspices of the Young Men's Bible
Class of First Church, a concert or
other entertainment each Saturday
evening, with a gospel meeting every
remaining night of the week. This
work is under the supervision of the
Rev. Levi Johnson.
The pastor, the Rev. John H. Boyd. Is
beginning a special series of Thursday
evening prayer meeting topics.
.
The last quarterly conference of the
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
was held Thursday evening in the par
lors of the churoh. Dr. McDougall, dls.
trlct superintendent, presided. During
the three years of Dr. D. H. Trimble's
pastorate 760 persons have Joined the
church.
In pastors sermons next Sunday and
the following and in the labors of ex
perts in the field of religious educa
tion, the Interests of Portland Presby
terians are to be directed during the
next eight days to the work of stand
ardizing the Sunday schools of that de
nomination. Today all , Presbyterian
schools in the city will he visited bv
specially appointed representatives of
the movement as Indorsed by the pres
bytery. These visitors will appear for a
few minutes In 20 Sunday schools to
day: Rev. A. M. Williams, district edu
cational superintendent of the Presby
terian board; Rev. J. V. Mtlllgan, Pres
byterian state superintendent; Rev. C.
W. Hays, Sunday school missionary for
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. OF
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UNIVERSITY , OF OREGON,
Eugene, Sept. 20. (Special.)
The University School of Musio
has several changes to announce
for the forthcoming year. As
dean of the school comes Ralph
H. Lyman. Mr. Lyman has studied
extensively in this country with
Grant Hadley, Arthur Mlddleton,
William D. Olds, Clara Heuer
Scbultz. Holmes Cowper and
Karlton Hackett. The past three
years he has been in Berlin.
In the piano department is
Miss Hermione' Hawkins, who
was a pupil of Armin Doemer,
of Cincinnati; Thllo Becker, In
Los 'Angeles, and Richard Bur
melster, in Berlin.
Carl Lachmund and Miss Avis
Benton will continue their work
at the university. Miss Alberta
Campbell and liss Nell Murphey
will also remain. Miss Ruth Da
vis and Miss Jossie Farriss, both
of Eugene and both recent grad
uates of the School of Music,
have been chosen as assistant in-.
structors.
In the violin department. Miss
Winifred Forbes remains. Mrs.
Rose Powell, of Eugene, has been
selected to take charge of the
publio school musio department,
which was started last year.
BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN.
EW YORK. Sept. 20. (Special.)
The Tombs prison has cells for
425 prisoners, but at the present
time 735 prisoners are confined there.
Loud protests have been raised, but
they have been made before, and no at
tempt has been made to remedy conditions.
The principal cause of the trouble is
that the General Sessions Judges are
on vacation from June to October.
There are seven Judges, and at the
present time only two are on the Job.
Three have been away all Summer, an
other is taking a brief rest of a month.
and there is one vacancy due to death.
From Europe and the various Sum
mer resorts where they are resting the
Judges sent word that the trouble is
that they are "short-handed." Judge
O'Sullivan died some time ago, and
his place has not been filled. To the
man in the Btreet, however, this ap
pears like a mighty poor excuse, for
had the vacancy been filled the chances
are fifty to one that tne new jurist
would have been away all Summer Just
like his colleagues.
Judges Get Good Pay.
Judges of General Sessions transact
the criminal business of New York
County. Each Judge Is paid 117,500 a
year, and despite the long Summer va
cations, there is never a time that all
are on the bench simultaneously. With
seven Judges, there are never more
than five parts of General Sessions in
operation. Tho two extra officials are
resting, waiting to take up the work
later. AH holidays are- regularly ob
served bv the court, sessions begin
late and end early, there are no trials
on Saturdays, and all in all the Judges
have the merriest kinds of cinches.
In the Tombs fully 80 per cent of
the prisoners are doubled up. The
cells are S feet 4 Inches high, 8 feet 1
inches long and 6 feet 4 inches wide.
In the annex are 80 cells of the same
height and half an inch longer, but
only 6 feet 5 Inches wide. The cells
In the annex were built 28 years ago.
and are dark and foul. Just the same,
it is compulsory to double up prisoners
there. As the warden says he must
put them somewhere, and is compelled
to do the best he can under the cir
cumstances.
It soon will be impossible to crowd
any more prisoners into the Tombs and
then they probably will overflow into
tlie district prisons. By that time the
judges may be back, but it is safe to
predict that they will not work over
time". The probabilities are that they
will call upon the Governor for more
Judges, and falling to get them, will
ask the Supreme Court to assign some
of Its members to help out.
A grand institution the Court of
General Sessions.
Sullivan Stories Recalled.
The pitiful death of-"Big Tim" Still!
van has revived many stories concern
ing one of the most picturesque figures
in political life. Ho was absolutely the
last of the district leaders who ruled
by pure personality. It was a saying
that at any time he pleased, the "Big
Fellow" could have taken the Bowery
over to the Republican column, and, to
quote one of .his friends, "not used
many repeaters at that."
Sullivan was never boss of Tammany
Hall, simply because he did not care
for the Job. He liked to sit behind the
scenes and run the chap who sat in the
seat of honor in the dingy building on
Fourteenth street. In lower New York
his word was supreme, and he made
and unmade more politicians than any
man wlio was ever In public life.
Sullivan was a unique character. A
boy raised in the streets, who never
was accused of dishonesty, and never
In trouble with the police; a barkeeper
who never drank a drop of liquor or
smoked a olgar in his life; a Tammany
legislator who enjoyed the personal
friendship of some of the best of the
Republicans (and I speak or friendship,
not graft deals), and a man who had
warm followers In all ranks of life.
"Big Tim" Always Loral.
Sullivan has been accused of all sorts
of things, but as he put it, "they never
got the goods on me, and they tried
mierhty hard." On the other hand, he
was always loyal to his friends, and al
ways stuck to them to the limit. News
paper criticism amused him, for as he
once said to me:
I never expect to run for anything
except from the Bowery, and they do
not care what I do. Any knocks the
reformers give me only makes things
better for me."
'On one occasion Sullivan lent his an
nual pass on the New York Central
Railroad to a constituent, and the next
thing he heard the constituent had been
arrested in Buffalo for stealing a dog,
said he was Senator Sullivan, and pro
duced the pass to prove it.
"If I ever need some extra votes," re
marked Sullivan while telling the story.
"I think I will steal a dog. I didn't
deny that guy's story. Some of the
gang down here think it was me any
way." Sullivan Blade Money.
Sullivan made a pile of money in
the theatrical business, although for
the past few years the returns have
not been as great as they were for
merly. Tho unofficial report is that
he left $2,000,000. It would not sur
prise those who knew him best if his
estate was practically bankrupt. The
"Big Fellow" spent an enormous
amount of money each year. From
ono of his Intimates the story comes
that his annual bill for charities was
in excess of $50,000. He had a regu
lar staff of men who investigated all
cases that were brought to his atten
tion and if the applicants were wor
thy, or even partially so, relief was
administered with a lavish hand.
The Thaw cae is beginning to rile
taxpayers of VvMUchestcr County. Be
fore Harry madu his getaway he had
cost Westchester County over $200,000
and there is a report that the ex
penses of this new fight will increase
the amount fully 50 per cent.
Westchester County has absolutely
no interest in Harry Thaw. He shot
Stanford White In New York County
and then was sent to Matteawan, but
the case has come up in the Westches
ter County courts with great fre
quency and the poor Westchester res
ident has been the log"al "goat."
If there could be a referendum a
proposition to leave Thaw In New
Hampshire or ship him back to Can
ada would be carried by a big major
ity. The opinion is that If New York
County wants to put him behind the
tars there will be no objection, but it
outsht to pay the bills. A similar
feeling exists in Dutchess County,
wherein Matteawan is located and
which has also been put to great expense.
Notes o Pkoto-'Play Houses
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
ARSHALL FARNUM, brother to
Dustin and William, and who was
stage director for George L. Baker
one Summer stock, has been engaged
for the motion-picture production of
"The Spoilers" by Rex Beach. Two out
of the eight Los Angeles companies,
with the co-operation of the entire pro
duction and executive staff of the
Western branch, are ai present active
ly engaged in the stupendous produc
tion of an eight-reoi feature picture.
For the purposes of this tremendous
production, W. N. Selig, president of
the Selig Polyscope Company, who has
been on the ground giving his personal
attention to--the supervision of the
work, specially engaged Marshall Far
num and his brother, William. These
two have been surrounded by the pick
Selig s stock players, among thm
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(Special.) To provide for the t
proper care and supervision of 90 J
young women who will make !
their home at Cauthorn Hall dur- I
ing the coming college year, 1
Miss Esther V. Leech, who was f
graduated, from the domestic t
science and art department of f
the O. A. C. in 1910, and since has I
been employed as assistant pre- I
ceptress of Waldo Hall, has been
appointed preceptress of Cau-
thorn Hall, the new dormitory j
for women. Before entering col- J
lege here she was a student in
wuiamette University for a num
ber of years.
Miss Leech's new position Is
an Important one, as she will
have full charge of the young
women in Cauthorn Hall.
Bessie Eyton, Kathlyn Williams, Thorn- I
as Santchi and Frank Clark.
Gertrude Coghlan, the famous Amcr- ,
ican actress, will become a regular
member of the Soliif organization next
month. She will for the present be lo
cated at the t'hicaco studios of the
company, and will make her first pic
ture appearance In a series of plays
specially written to suit her personal
ity. Miss Coghlan is famous for her
one-time beauty and emotional ability.
Heavy restrictions are being placed
on moving-picture shows in Russia by
the order of the Minister of Education.
The Minister has reported that his in
vestigations lead him to believe that
the great increaso in crime among chil
dren and the increase in suicides ara
due to moving-picture shows, and he
has made his now regulation in the
hope of decreasing crime.
Hereafter moving-picture films are
to be taxed 2 cents a yard, whether
Russian made or imported. Boys and
girls under the age of 16 are now re
fused admittance to picture shows not
especially adapted to young people.
There is also a project for closing down
all picture places at S P. M., but this
would no doubt mean bankruptcy for
them. In some cities, especially where
the bulk of the population is non-Russian,
picture palace proprietors pay
one-sixth of their gross profits to tho
imperial theaters.
William Winter Jefferson has been
secured by tho Kinemacolor Company
to play his father's famous role of Bob
Acres in "Tho Rivals." Moat of the
scenes for tho production have been
taken on the beautiful estate of E. M.
Smathcrs, at Lnrehmont. where the
hous'i ami gardens are of the real old
Eng-lish style. The play is being staged
by Theodore Marston, and Mr. Jeffer
son is surrounded by an excellent act
ing company, including Lorraine Frost,
late leading lady with William li.
Crane; George Staley, Dallas Anderson
and other legitimate players.
Coroner Hoffman, of
poses to teach Safety
Chicago, pro
First" in the
public schools by means of a series
of moving pictures. With this end in
view, he has conferred with the Board
of Education, who evinced the greatest
interest in his plan and accepted it at
once as eminently practicanie.
One of the first features advanced
was the proposition or tne micago
Railwas Company to furnish moving
picture films of all sorts of street
scenes, to be shown ror an nour a weetc
in every school in Chicago, the railway
company proposing to furnish the films,
the projecting machine, tne operator
and the lecturer.
The Coroner, In speaking to this top
ic, declared that tho films furnished
by the streetcar people would not be
made up simply of streetcar accidents,
but of the general movement along the
streets, indicating dangers and how to
avoid them.. In addition to the films
from the streetcar company, he expects
to get the co-operation of the automo
bile clubs, the Chicago Association of
Commerce, the . lty Council and various
ivic organizations. This reform move
ment is a distinct tribute to the vulun
of moving pictures as an instructive)
medium.
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