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TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 4, 1914. PHOTOGRAPHER ILLUSTRATES NEWS EVENTS OF THE WORLD ,, , . ... . , - , - t, . .. . . . . ' . , ,- , - , , . . . - Father Ricard Discovers Sun Spots Mexican Refugee Loses Property Skeleton of Extinct Monster Given Royalty Police Dogs Guard Society Women. 8 lM V- HI , gEEr f4ii'5 ?m lit i &k I - : x, h yy . r.wo-ff- '-c- Hv i . I 1 v i t -.,;. vl -. Unp rf g k ILi i. -j : 3 4 W f 1 ite,.J - . irV ( : 'i':'.:-: ' a.W'-- i'- H: : U ' , i hj, rl - I N-W YORK, Jan. 3. (Special.) Father .Jerome - Ricard, of Santa Clara University. California, wlri discovered the largest sun spot seen in two years, is popularly known as the "Padra of the Rains." His remark able weather forecasts have astounded the weather forecasters of the country. He has made a study of the subject during' 13 years, and has been sending out bulletins foretelling- the weather, not merely for a day ahead, but a month ahead, and foretelling- it accu rately. He is G5 years old and rugged. The new sun spot which he discov ered is 32,013.15 miles long and 12,805.26 miles wide. It is in longitude 9.14, 24 degrees east of the central me ridian. The spot is due to a heliocen tric conjunction of the earth with Katurn. The charming and beautiful Alex andra, the Dowager Queen of Great Britain, is wife of the late King Ed ward and mother of King George. She has the vivacity of a youth which denies her age as being 69. The people of the British Isles are delighted with the fact that during the past few months she has been attending social functions and that she at last has come out of her mourning and retire ment. She was the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, born December 1, 1844, when in 1863 she married the then Prince of Wales, who later succeeded to the throne occupied by the beloved Queen Victoria. his mother. The NEW LIFE IN FIELD OF WOMEN'S CLUBS IS INTENTION DURING 1914 President of Oregon State Federation Explains Relation of Big Organization to Those of Communities Head of General Federation Partially Indorses Portland as Convention City. BY SARAH A. EVANS. President Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. f I 9 OW w111 the Federation bene- ni mi With the holidays and their distractions back of us, and the long Winter months ahead, club activities will take, on new life and added Im petus, interest will be revived in the old work and increased opportunities will present themselves for service. When this condition Is shown to exist there Invariably comes, to the state I president's desk, a shower of questions regarding: federation, the first of which always is: ' "What good will the Federation do us if we Join it?" This is a human question, withal so selfish, it is high time it was discarded by the clubwomerl and replaced by ask Jnk, "What benefit wlll we be to the Federation?" Federation simply is an equation of "'give and take." ' The club that goes Into the Federation only for what it can get had better, for its own sake and the sake of the Federation, stay out of it. But the club that goes in believing that it is a duty to give the larger work of the state organization the strength of its numbers and its small financial support will find Itself not only growing and expanding, but every condition under which it exists Improved and benefited. St. Paul's words may fittingly apply to the clubs of today that are too self centered to become a' part of this great. organized movement. "They measure themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among them selves are notwise." ."Iron sharpen- eth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance-of a friend." Mrs. Decker once said: "It must be self-evident that the strongest club. led by the wisest, most brilliant and coolest-brained woman, is yet unable to cope with and carry forward any of these far-reaching plans as effec tually as when allied with other clubs of like object. The movements are fe-olng forward and not to be a factor in Dowager Queen is the mother of four children Kins George. Princess Louise Victoria, Princess Victoria Alexandra, and Maud, the present Queen of Nor way. General Luis Terrazas Is one of the wealthiest men in the world. His property recently was confiscated by General Villa. General Terrazas has some money he has invested in Amer ican property and deposited in Amer ican banks. His wealth amounted to about $700,000,000. Some of the Ter razas family are held prisoners by Villa and he has asked the General to ran' som them. His granddaughters in the picture are Urenta and Laghet. Miss Vleva M. Fisher, daughter of Mrs. Joel M. Fisher, walks on Fifth avenue, guarded by her Belgian police dog. Miss Fisher is the first of the "younger set" to adopt the vogue set by Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., when she set society agog, about her Belgian police dog, which went about with her as her bodyguard. The acute Intelligence of the dog is little short of uncanny and it is capable of ren dering a great deal of service as a bodyguard. . Other members of the social set have placed orders for these Belgian dogs, and soon the little lap and toy dogs will give place to these husky creatures, able to protect and guard the owner as only a dog trained for police duty knows how. Harry Payne Whitney and "Larry" Water- them is to linger, perhaps unconscious ly, with the customs and traditions of the past to stand aside and let the world go by." This is exactly what many clubs in Oregon are doing today. They are standiifg by and watching other clubs do the big, broad, progressive things; they are refusing to have a part in this organized altruism and are los ing that breadth of outlook, of pur pose, of association of work which means growth. . To their credit be it Sfiid that few clubs understand this. and remain out of the Federation to retain, as they think, their independ ence. This is plainly seen through many letters of inquiry that come. They do not know . that this is the point where the club diverges and be comes different from any other organ ization of woiRen. Let this be clearly stated: Neither State nor National Federation has any jurisdiction over any club that is af filiated with them. Each club retains its own individuality, and cannot be controlled as to policy, or conduct, by the larger body. The club Is subject to no master save the master of its own purpose. Let It also be remembered that neither State nor National ' has any propaganda; It has nothing personally to promote; it has no salaries to pay. There is not a paid officer or offices kept jip for the use of any officers in enner organization, in snort, tne t ea eration simply Is, as it were, the "big sister. It is maintained entirely to assist the individual clubs to a larger fulfillment of their mission, whether it be in the field of literature, civics. public health, philanthropy or educa tion. It is never aggressive but al ways suggestive, and can only carry forward any work as the individual clubs indorse its suggestions. With these facts, no club should hesitate to come into the Federation for fear of losing its independence, or becoming absorbed in work contrary to its avowed object or constitution. With this ghost laid, the question of duty presents -Itself in a two-fold way the duty to self and the duty to the Federation. The federation has furnished a great 4x Witftfrwoorf bury are now starting a kennel, where they will train these Belgian dogs for their society friends. The skeleton of the "Diplodocus." an antediluvian animal of gigantic form and dimensions, was presented by An drew Carnegie to King Alphonso XIII. It has been installed In the Spanish Museum. of Natural History. There it is creating a veritable sensation. The Queen Mother of Spain, accom panied by Princess Beatrice of Saxe- common platform, where women of all shades of belief can mingle and work in the world's progress without a thought of religious, social or political difference. To attain its greatest pos sibilities it needs the strength of num bers. Hundreds of threads, frail as gossamer, if twisted together will form cord no human strength can sever, and so It is out of the many clubs only will the efficient federation be built; and the club that is not willing to add its tiny mite of strenarth is lack ing in the progressive spirit and the growth of life, whatever other virtues it may possess. Briefly, it is losing its opportunity for the greatest thing In life serv ice service to Itself and service to others. v Many clubs of the state, however, are Already making application for membership in the state federation, which is unusual for so early in the club year. Clubs desiring any information- re garding membership may write to Mrs. J. W. Tifft, 351 West Park street. Port land, chairman of the federation ex tension committee. Th following letter has Just been sent to the clubs of the state, and it Is believed many from the nearby towns will see tne importance of this "get together" movement and will be pres ent: "On the third Saturday of each month the state, officers, state committee members and the presidents of the Portland federated clubs will meet at luncheon at the Oregon Hotel. Port land, at 12:30 P. M. These luncheons may well be termed 'club councils.' because all the leading questions before the clubs and plans of committee work will be discussed. We will be pleased to welcome any member of your club who may be in Portland on these dates. "The midwinter executive board meeting will be held January 17 follow Ing the luncheon. Have you any names to propose as delegates to the biennial at Chicago, June, 1914? We hope for a full delegation from this state. The clubs directly federated with the G. F. W. C are- entitled to their own rep resentatives, so It is names . for state Coburg-Gotha, who is engaged to the Infant don Alphonse of Orleans, recent ly visited the enormous animal which roamed the world in the long, long ago. The celebrated painting, "A Study in Black and White." by James MacNeill Whistler, which for many years was one of the' unexhiblted paintings of the famous artist, is now among his best known works. For many years his friends urged him to exhibit this sim- delegates that we would like to have proposed. "SAIDIE ORR-DUNBAR, "Corresponding Secretary Oregon Fed eration Women's Clubs." - . First to be enrolled in 1914 as a new member of the Oregon federation is "The Woman's Overlook Improvement Club" of Portland. The. club comes In with an enviable reputation for much work accomplished and a broad-gauge plan for future work. The object of the club is the study of art, literature and science, as well as current events or any question relat ing to human welfare. It is rurtner ror the purpose of promoting good xei lowship and co-operation among women. The club meets-the first and third Fridays of each month at 2:30 P. M. at the homes of the members. It has an enrollment of 28 members with the fol lowing officers: President. Mrs. Robert Berger; vice-president, Mrs. Agnes l. Babbett; recording secretary, Mrs. H. C. Raven; corresponding secretay, Mrs. fc. C. Degel; treasurer. Mrs. J. C. Prill; auditor. Mrs. C. K. Smith. The officers of the state are proud to welcome this fine club Into the state family and anticipate much mu tual profit and pleasure from the new relation. In replying to a letter from the state president of Oregon, making some suggestions regarding a closer rela tion between the state and National or. ganlzations . and also inclosing an in vitation to the General Federation to hold' its council meeting in Portland in 1915. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, president of the General Federation, writes: "I was happy to receive your letter of December 6 with its valuable In closures. Your suggestions are so ex cellent that I shall make use of some of them in my report at the biennial. What is the date of your Rose Carni val? I am glad you have invited the council to Portland and assure you the matter- will receive the most careful attention of the board. "If you will come to Chicago and present the invitation, no telling what will happen. "I congratulate you on Oregon's en dowment being raised." t As Mrs. Pennybacker will, beyond i question of doubt, be her own succes sor as the next president of the Gen eral Federation, this partial indorse ment of Portland for 1915 is most en couraglng. Just as the Christmas bells v. ere about to ring, one of Portland's best t2i-r Ilia s - . Mo.1' x - Si 4Sh III pie but beautiful expression of the painter's brush, and when finally he consented to have it hung in the salon it met with such favor that many in quired as to who the grand old lady who sat for the painting was. To all such inquiries his reply was: "It is of interest to no one but myself who the subject is." The grand old lady was the mother of the artist. The giant mechanical mole that eats its way through rock is a huge steel beloved club members answered the call of the Master and went to the re ward of the faithful. And Mrs. R. J. Prince was among the faithful not In one thing, but in her entire walk and conversation she put into practice the creed, written by Howard Arnold Wal ters, but which she bad adopted as her own and carried with her all the time and which she made the law of her life. It would be well if all women could subscribe to what her friends now call "Mrs. Prince's creed:" I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there is much to suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare; I would be friend to all the foe. the friendless; I would be giving and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up and laugh and love and lift." Mrs. Prince was for many years a member of the Portland Woman's Club where she will be sadly missed. Those who met Professor Maria San- ford and heard her address at San Francisco, and later met her when she lectured in Portland about a year ago. will be pleased to know that she has lost none of her vigor. In an account of the Michigan state convention of clubs it says: The address given by Professor Maria Sanford. of Minnesota, on the subject, 'Moral Power in the School room." will long be remembered by those who were privileged to hear her. "A woman past three score and ten yet so forceful a speaker, so earnest, so wise, that all felt they were sitting at the feet of a seer, a true mother in Israel, whose words of wisdom were the fruit of years of noble service." 4800 WOULD GO TO POLE British Peer Willing to Be Assistant Cook on Kxpiditlon. LONDON, Jan. '2. J. Foster Stack house, leader of the British expedition which plans to start for the Antarctic next year, has received 4800 offers of services frpm men eager to join the expedition. Among the applicants are 16 peers. One of the latter said in his letter that he is willing to act as assistant to the cook if there is nothing better for him to do. Some people just grumble and rum ble along. ' : i 1 l i engine, 18 feet long, equipped with 15 powerful rock cutting pneumatic ham - mers which strike more than 1000 blows each with 25-pound hammers that go tearing through a rock like an ex cited terrier digging his way under the corner of a rodent-infested barn. A revolving disk, eight feet in diameter, carries the hammers up to the surface attacked and keeps them up to their work. The machine is so constructed that the cutting tools work only when they are up against the rock, each tool Charcoal Found in Heart of Tree 450 Years Old. Among Rare Flndu In Klickitat River Section Is Trace Of Fores ' Kire Even Before Time Of . Columbus. WAHKIACUS, Wash., Jan. 3. (Spe cial.) The Klickitat River sec tion of the country offers many, facts from research to lure the profound stu dents of chronology and geology. Re cently a well-known "tree faller" who was cutting logs on the lands of the North Bank Colonization Company, a Portland concern, near this point, felled a Douglas fir five feet through. Near the heart of the tree where the saw had cut was found a thin piece of charcoal that seemed to run near the heart of the tree for a few feet, and bore evidence that when the tree was a young sapling a fire swept that section of woods on the old Indian trails that extend from The Dalles through Wah kiaous to Mount Adams', berry patches. The woodsman who felled the tree. In computing its age by the rings, esti mates the tree to be 450 years old, and that the fire raged In that section 30 years before Columbus discovered America. Again appears on the Little Muddy, running down from a glacier lake on the east side of Mount Adams, a giant fir estimated to be over 600 years old,. that had grown over a white or moun tain cedar log. . There are many other points to be deciphered in chronology, but the most perplexing comes to the geologist. The Western Pine Lumber Company has just completed excavation to bed rock, 225 feet across Snyder creek near Wright station. The deepest place to bedrock from the surface was 40 feet, and this point was found 120 feet west of the present creek bed. Thirty feet from the surface pine logs were found in a state of good preservation, also a clay was encountered that bad more the appearance of gypsum not found on the surface ground up Snyder creek. At a depth of 15 feet from the surface through dry gravel two good streams of spring water seemed to be percolat ing through the smaller gravel, and in this water and gravel and a cut of five feet across, appeared a half a bushel of crawfish of lively appearance and good sise. The bedrock when found gave appearance that It had been worn -.11 n!i i 1 being cut off automatically when its 1 share of the work is done, allowing those with harder work to do to catch up. The action is similar to that of an augur boring through wood. The movement of the whole machine Is con stantly forward, while the cutting tools chip away the rock from the face of the tunnel. The broken rock is re moved by a conveyor to cars at the rear of the machine. Th action Is automatic and thu entire operation is controlled by one man. by waters for years before the wash of gravel and the lodgement of drifts or trees. To add to the wonder of the excava tors In so small a space, was the find ing of old Indian relics at a depth of four feet and at a. greater depth some ancient arrowheads that seem unfa- iliar to the present race of Indians. BADLY DISFIGURED WITH ECZEMA1 On Face. Itching and Irritation Dreadful. Like Red Sores. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Cure Complete In a Month. 445 West 33d St.. Loi Angeles, Cal. "My face was covered witb pimples and of course was badly disfigured. Tba Itching sensa tion waa dreadful. The pimples were lilts big red sores and they festered. Sometime ores would come from scratching them and the irritation was dreadful. The eczema lasted for about three months and I was very worried. " I tried many different cerates, ointment and other remedies but they did not help mi so I purchased a box of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used them. I pat the Cuticura Ointment on at night and washed It off in the morning with the Cuticura Bosp. They gs me relief at once and the cure was complete In a month." (Signed) Mlis Beatrice Cole. July 80. 1913. TO REMOVE DANDRUFF Prevent dry. thin and falling hair, allay Itching and Irritation of the scalp, remove trusts and fcaJessod promote the healthy condition necessary to produce a luxuriant growth of balr- frequent shampoos with Cu ticura Soap, assisted by occasional dressings with Cuticura Otstmeot. afford a most ef fective and economical treatment. A single set Is often sufficient when all else fails. Cuticura Soap (35c.) and Cuticura Oint ment (50c.) are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston." lyMm who shave and shampoo with Co ticura Soap will and it best for skin and scalp. ' y