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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND CHRISTMAS CHARITY IN EVIDENCE UPON THE STREETS.
PLEASURE FOR ALL,
CHRISTMAS SLOGAH
Endeavor Will Be Made to
Carry Good Cheer to All
of Portland's Needy.
The Oakland
''Light Six"
Is the Foremost
Car in Its Class
SOCIETIES SHARING WORK
Among Otters Who "W ill Be Remem
bered T Kind-Hearted This
Tnletlde Season Are WItcs
and Famines of Prisoners.
JtUTT OROAJOZ.4TIOX8 RAISE
mM FOB CUKI3TMA8.
Salvation ArraT (cash) 110O
UmlvmUna Armr (rappllaa)
50.00
Portland Common (caah)...
-Portland Commons (auppllee
Ptacab Horn caah roportod
Placah Horn euppllea . . . .
PoopU'a Inetltute caah ap
propriated) People'a Inatltnta euppllaa).
General rand of cmah and sop
pllea reported by Journal
for various orranixatlona. .
B410O
4SO.0O
12.00
85.00
150.00
aoo.os
84T.SS
Aaaoelated Charttlee Chrlat-
maa relief rand 300 l.M
Vleltlns Norse AecoclaUoa
leaah)
Vlaltlns Nurse Aaaoclatlon
(enppUes not aatlmatad) . -
Volunteer of America (ap
proximate caah and sop
pllea) 40.00
121.14
Total
.6330.S4
e
Christmas plana by the organizations
in Portland that look after the dispensing-
of holiday cheer to. the needy
are more extensive this year than erer
before and In their preparations for
the work they have been receiving
wonderful support from the cltlxens of
Portland.
Prisoners In the state penitentiary,
the county jail and the county and
municipal rockplles are the especial
Christmas charges of the Portland
Common, which Is endeavoring to
raise cash and contributions of supplies
to the amount of S13G0 for this purpose.
Already 1534 In caah baa been sent In
and 3450 in supplies.
Eight hundred baskets will be
packed for distribution among the
prisoner The families of the pris
oners also will be looked after with
Christmas baskets and gifts and on
Christmas day the women and children
will be guests at a Christmas tree and
entertalnmeent at the Commons. Au
tomobiles are to be provided to bring
them there -and every effort will be
made to make the day a happy one for
them In spite of the fact that the
fathers of the families are spending
Christmas behind the bare.
Kane Aaaoclatlea Active.
The Visiting Nurse Association la not
raising any cash budget and Is not
preparing any extensive Christmas cam
paign, but will devote itself rather to
relieving special cases of need that are
under Its care. Many Christmas par
ties will be given and baskets of sup
plies and gifts are being dispensed.
Tbe cash contributions to the asso
ciation during the Christmas season
have been light, but large contributions
of supplies have been received and
many needy families have been turned
over to the care of Individuals who de
sire to help carry Christmas cheer to
the poor.
Christmas dinner baskets for the
poor will be the principal activity of
the Salvation Army. About 300 fami
lies are to be cared for in this way
as well as the Inmates of the Industrial
Home. The donations to the Salvation
Army fund in cash last night amounted
to 31100 and Major Andrews said that
about 350 worth of supplies had been
sent In. The baskets will be packed
tomorrow and Tuesday and will be
riven out Wednesday at the headquar
ters of the Salvation Army.
Plana Hesse Neglected.
The Plsgah Home lacks yet quite a
sum of having enough to care for Its
9 Inmates properly on Christmas day.
Cash contributions are only about 311
and additional supplies to the amount
of about 31S have been sent In. There
are men In the home, and 13 wom
en In the cottages. The plans for
Chrlstmaa Include a dinner and a spe
cial programme.
Children's parties and Christmas
trees will be given under the auspices
of the People's Institute, and contribu
tions not of cash only but "Christmas
stockings' are being sent In for these
entertainment The gifts of cash and
supplies amount to nearly 3700, ac
cording to Miss Valentine Prichard. su
perintendent of the Institute. Seven
parties for children's classes and three
Christmas trees are to be given besides
general relief work.
The Rotary Club luncheon for the
poor children and the theater party
Tuesday night, special Christmas activ
ities by different fraternal organisa
tions and the extensive relief work
carried on by the Associated Charities,
also carry ths holiday work among the
poor Into homes In all parte of the city
that would otherwise be unvislted by
cheer on the Christmas day.
CANOE VICTIMS RECOVERED
W. Brans Says John Xagel Was
Drowned Aiding R. Fitzgerald.
The bodies of Richmond Fitzgerald.
1T70 Villard avenue, and John Kegel.
1773 Flake street, tbe two lt-year-old
boys who were drowned yesterday In
Columbia Slough, were recovered last
night by Municipal Grappler Brady, and
were taken to the morgue. According
to W. Bruns. a baker at University
Park who witnessed the tragedy. Pits
gerald fell out of the canoe as the boys
were paddling past the North Bank
bridge, and the canoe tipped over while
Nasal was trying to rescue his companion-Joseph
Clark, section foreman for the
North Bank Railroad, saw the accident
from the bridge. He got a boat and
was within a few feet of the boys when
they went down. He petroled the spot
for several minutes, but neither re
- appeared.
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed. '
Crawfish Fisher Fined.
When laborers on the county road,
working near Linnton testified that L.
Nelschl drove his car so fast that they
had to jump to avoid being bit by the
machine. Judge Rayton fined Nelschl
310. Nelschl is a csnwfish fisher on
the Columbia River, and drives down
the Linnton road regularly. It Is said,
and generally goes much faater than
the law allows. The complaint against
Nelschl was made by County Patrol
man Walts.
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STAGE FOLK. BUSY
Theaters to Combine Talent
for Midnight Matinee.
RECEIPTS GO TO CHARITY
Wirr deett-Baker. Billy unnoro
and Many Others to Take Fart
In C6herln In Jfew Tear.
Broadway to Blase.
In a meeting of the Theater Man
aa-ers Association and the Theatrical
Mechanical Association yesterday it
was decided unanimously to have a
midnight matinee, as ut yore, and the
stagehands laid plans immediately to
.K-- tn ih. nw vear more auauiui-
...iw than vr All-star vaudeville
howa win ha made iid of acts selected
from the city's big theaters ami in
midniaht matinees will be staged at
tha Ornheum. Empress and Pantagel
the big trinity -of Broadway. Broadway
will be a blase or glory tor im
inn mr,A Mavnr Albee will be asked to
suspend the after-hours' ordinance for
sweet charity's sake, as the fund to
be raised by the T. M. A. win oo o
vAtt trt Hanaflcent DarDOiea
One Innovation this year will make
the midnight matinee of especial local
Interest. Mary Ed sett-Baker, the tal
ented daughter of George I Baker,
haa volunteered to take part and Louis
Leon Hall. William Nolte and Walter
Gilbert, also members of the Baker
Stock Company also have come to the
front to aid the T. M. A. in garnering
shekels for 111 and needy theater folk.
Billy CUfferd ta Help.
Miss Edgett-Baker has not yet de
cided on the form of entertainment to
be offered by her and her colleagues.
They may form two doubles and offer
song and dance acta, they may combine
to present a one-act play or each may
entertain -as a "single." At all events,
all four of the Baker Stock volunteers
are so energetic In behalf of the mid
night matinee that they have expressed
willingness to appear at all three vau
deville theaters, jumping from one to
the other between acts to amuse the
holiday throngs.
Talent from the Orpheum. Empress.
Pantagea, Baker, Lyric and Heillg
Theaters will combine. In the final
week of the year Billy Clifford will be
at the Hellig in "The Girl, the Man and
the Game" and It Is a foregone con
clusion that he will provide his bit of
merriment at all three of Broadway's
vaudeville houses. . t
The mldnisrht matinee will be held at
the Orpheum. Empress and Pantages
after the regular shows of those thea
ters and the various vaudevue acts se
lected easily will -provide three shows.
each of which will last ror two nours
or more and send the midnight matinee
throngs away happy in time for the last
car or at least before the milk wagons
make their appearance.
Tlcketa for the midnight matinee cost
SO cents each. They will be on sale
at the Heillg, Baker, Lyric, Orpheum.
Empress and Pantages Theaters, and
reservations may be made at Huntley
Brothers' drug store at Fourth and
Washington " streets, December 23, 80
and 31. Every member of tbe T. M. A.
Is armed with a batch of tickets and
the sale already has begun with vim.
It is the aim of the stagehands to make
the midnight matinee of 1913 the best
holiday entertainment In the history of
the organization.
Tm pretty busy with the Rose Fes
tival, the Ad Club and a few other
little details." said George L. Baker,
"but I'm going to work overtime to
help make our next midnight matinee
a 'humdinger.'"
Then George L. sold three tickets to
three friends who had merely stopped
to say "how-de-do" to him at the en
trance of the Morgan building.
CUPID CUTS COUNTY .COST
Two Widow's Pensions Granted and
Five Are Withdrawn.
Two new pensions were allowed by
the case committee Friday and five
withdrawn, three of them pe-
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.r&V.e0TVg
Poor Childrea
of Alblna by tne nasarae atiuj.
cause the beneficiaries have received
insurance money and two because the
widows are dependent no longer,. One
of those who asked that the pension
be stopped advised the case committee
that she expected to be married In a
few days. One was withdrawn because
the oniy son of the widow has been
committed to a state Institution, and is
nit dependent on his mother now.
Mrs. Calope Paleologo, 2J1 Sixth
street, was allowed $17.50, the full
amount for twt children, and Mrs.
Mary McClure, of Arleta. was allowed
$10, which with $30 she is earning, thet
committee feels Is enough to provide
for herself and two children.
Probationers Must Quit Liquor. '
- SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. In grant
ing probation today to George Garl
haldl and Euarene J. Hlckey. young
footpads, Superior Judge F. H. Dunne
said .that if either touched a single
glass 'of liquor within tbe next seven
years he would be sent to San Quentln
prison for a term of that length. Gari
baldi and Hlckey. when drunk, held up
and robbed two men last .August.
Aids to Navigation Is Aim.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec 30. Senator Jones today
Introduced a bill appropriating $60,000
for constructing aids to navigation In
Alaska.
MATlNxixi.
Crowds In the Ixbby of the Postofflce Sendlne Oat Christmas Mall.
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BOY'S REQUEST (S RARE
LAD ASKS TO GO TO DETENTION
HOME TO LEARN TRADE.
18-Tear-OId "Common Laborer" Wants
to Fit Himself to Care for In
firm Father With Assurance.
Christmas cheer, but of a different
brand from what most Portland boys
are expecting, was muted out to a 16-year-old
boy who appeared at ths Ju
venile Court yesterday and asked that
he be sent to the Oregon State Train
ing School that he might learn a trade
and equip himself to support his In
firm father and other dependent mem
bers of his family.
"I have been working as a common
laborer, making $2.50 a day," he told
Probation Officer Mcintosh, "but I
want to learn a trade, that I may earn
enough to keep those dependent on me
comfortably."
The boy was sent out to the Fraser
Detention Home yesterday, where
clothing and provisions will be fur
nished him until some other disposi
tion can be made of him. '
"The boy was at the training school
once." .said Mr. Mcintosh, "and If ' he
has the nerve and ambition to go back
again to learn a trade that he may be
able to support his father and sister,,
he is all right and wo will see If we
can't find something' better for htm."
The boy's older sister, whose hus
band Is dead, became 111 this Fall, Mr.
Mcintosh said, and the boy went to
The Dalles and worked In a ditch at
$2.60 a day to take care of the sick
stster and her little children. About the
time the sister was well enough to go
to work the boy's Job ran out.and.
too proud to stay around and live with
her when he could not find work, he
set out through Washington looking
for a job. He came to Portland several
days ago, and has been unable to find
work here, and asked that he be sent
to Salem rather than waste his time,
looking further for work. Several
nights last week, Mr. Mcintosh said,
the boy had gone to the police station
and asked for a bed for the night.
The father, who Is unable to work
because of his Infirmities, Is living at
a small Washington town, cared for
by a sister, who earns what she can to
help care for the parent.
LODGE EXTENDS CHARITY
Degree of Honor Will Make ; Pro
vision for Ten Families.
That the Degree of Honor as an
order make provision for the relief of
at least 10 families, with donations of
food and clothing for Christmas was
decided at the regular semi-annual ses
sion of the Portland district convention
of that order Friday night.
The committee appointed to have
charge of the work was as follows:
Mrs. Margaret Becker, of Fidelity
Lodge, 411 Third street; Mrs. Sarah E.
Moore, of Evergreen Lodge, 803 Gan
tenbein avenue; Mrs. Margarte Hous
ton, of the finance committee, at W. C,
T. U. headquarters; Mrs. Millie Pugh,
grand usher; Mrs. Mattle Griffith, 737
East Taylor; Mrs, Maud E. Morton, of
Stores. Taking a Collection tor the
Fidelity Lodge, 651 West Broadway,
and Mrs. Rose Colter, of Port Indus
Lodge.
The grand chief of honor, Mrs. Mar
garet E. Herrin, offered ber office at
203 Commercial block, corner Second
and Washington streets, as a place
where members and friends may bring
donations before Wednesday. After
that day donations may be left at De
gree of Honor Hall, 129 Fourth street,
on the third floor.
Arrangements have been made for
members who have automobiles to take
the donations to the families selected.
LODGE WILL HAVE TREE
Royal Arcanum to Provide Gifts for
Members and Families.
' With a real old-fashioned Christmas
party in Knights of Pythias Hall Mon
day night, Multnomah Council, Royal
Arcanum, will welcome all Its members
and friends, including the children, to
a Christmas tree laden with gifts for
all. '
After the gifts have been dispensed
there will be an Informal dance, with
muslo by a special orchestra. A large
assemblage has been arranged for.
The committee In charge of the en
tertainment and dance consists of L,
C MacKay. W. M. Btockwell, W. L.
Cooper, J. H. Joyce and H. G. Welling
ton. Latest reports show that more than 00,
000 men are employed aa coal miners In the
Paclfio Northwest
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