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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1914)
11 TEW BUILDINGS AT GEE SHAM FAIR GROUND AND MEN WHO ARE WORKING FOR GREAT 1914 EXHIBITION. MANY CITY PUPILS To the Fathers and Mothers of Oregon: Small Shopkeepers Charged Employment Agency of School Department Places Scores at Profitable Tasks. With Starting No Less Than 50 Fires. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 6. 1914. NDIGTMENTS LAY OPEN ARSON TRUST WORK SUMMER YOUNGSTERS MAKE GOOD Some Decide to Remain nt Posts, Others Return to Classes and All Derive Benefit From Vaca tion Labor Money Saved. From preference or from necessity hundreds of Portland's grammar and high school students passed the Sum mer vacation months in steady work. Eome earned money sufficient to carry them through the coming school year by strict economy; others gained a knowledge of business methods for a salary consisting mainly of experience. Boys und Kirls both left studies for work and who can say that they were not as happy at earning their little money as the fortunate young folk who spent the season at beach or moun tain resort? In some cases the work was easy, in others extremely difficult to untrained hands. But wherever the yount: people labored, their em ployers almost unanimously testified that whether or not they were able to do their work well, hey had a fund of willingness which made up for much inexperience. The occupations tried were many and varied, ranging amor.? the boys from worK in AiasKuu canneries tu running errands for business firms and among the girls from nursemaids to dentists' assistants. While many of these young folk fer reted out their positions without aid, numbers were placed by a free em ployment agency of which the public apparently knows little. This was the school department. At the office of the Superintendent at the Court house presides the office manager, Mrs. E. J. Clinton, and what, she declares, Is a most pleasant part of ier duties la the placing of school students who want work during the Summer or out side of school hours. Applicants for Work Listed. To show the students In a definite way that the schools are identified with their own interests Is the purpose of this branch of the school department, and its work Is thorough. Every boy Or girl who applies for work is listed on a reference card and as soon as work Is found he or she is notified. In the same manner is trace kept of would-be employers, but the latter were somewhat scarce this Summer. This department has not been in op eration long and the general public is not acquainted with its work, so there were more applicants than positions. Though more boys than girls applied for work last Summer, it was found that more persons wished to employ girls than boys. This was occasioned by the numerous Summer housekeepers or nurses desired. At present many boys, and girls as well, are applying for positions to take their time after school hours and or. Saturdays. Those who have such work for young men or women would find little difficulty In obtaining this help If they would communicate with the school department. Of the boys and girls put to work this Summer all were 16 years old or older or had obtained permits from the Child Labor Commission. Among the more adventurous of the older boys who wished work this Sum mer were a coterie who went to AlaskA These boys were from the Lincoln High School and Portland Academy, mainly, and have been gone all Summer. They have been employed In a cannery at WrangelL Alaska, by the Alaska Sani tary Packing Company. According to reports received in Portland, the boys have been doing splendidly, proving re liable and far superior to the native help which have been available before they came. Man Cicerone Lads. Walter Krupke. age 24, was in charge of the boys, who are from 1! to years of age. Among the lads who went are Donald McCllntock. Hex Stew art. Milton Bozorth. Wallace Kings berry. Frank Hutchinson. Hans Schiltneck. Joe Llllard, Larkln Meade and Carl Caesar. In Portland there were many occupa tions open to boys. Some found posi tions running errands In department stores or other places. Not a few were employed In lumber yards and at the saws of box factories. While not skilled labor and not paid for as such, the work of the young men was found In the main to be satisfactory. Though the majority will return to school this Fall, many found the work in which they entered for the Summer alone to be so interesting and such prospects ahead that they have determined to re main In business rather than complete their educations. There are always some who find their lessons much more difficult than others and several young men found positions as tutor to those behind In their classes. One little lad appeared often at the school department quarters inquiring for work that would exercise his "men tal powers," for he was pretty small for manual labor of any kind. He was doomed to disappointment for it was difficult to find employers who de manded only mental labor of the boys they employed, and he was small, even for his age, which was not considerable. One boy obtained a good position as aid to an architect and may continue In his work and learn the trade. Clerical positions In Portland stores were open to many young men and it was there that much of the vacation money was earned. Trades Are Inviting. Several trades which usually em ployed boys during the Summer did not put on any this year, giving slack busi ness as the excuse. Quite a number of youngsters made money by picking raspberries near Portland and probably a score found positions on farms for the Summer. The pay was not high in such positions but the boys learned a great deal about farm methods, worked In the open air, had wholesome food, and on the whole fared exceedingly well. Some have fine corn crops to show for their efforts. Cherry-picking is another occupation that lured many early In the Summer. Astoria fisheries employed numbers. Canvassing for magazines was another line of work. Clerical work and so liciting for life insurance furnished money for quite a few. Scores of boys have gone to the hop fields and probably will not return until school has been under way for a week. School begins Monday, Septem ber 14. None of the hoppickers was fur nished by the school department, owing to the fact that it would possibly keep them from their studies a week or more. Portland's creameries gave work to a number of young men who put In the Summer in the pleasant occupation of making ice cream or of learning the dairying business on a large scale. The preparation and distribution of milk in a large city proved Interesting to many. ' ' ' y0. i Fair Board, Left to Right H. A. Lewis, President; Eueene Thorpe, Secretary; A. F. Miller, Superintendent of Grounds and Pavilion; F. B, Crane, Superintendent of Refreshments; R. P. Rasmnnaen. Dairy Department Su perintendent; J. W. Townsend, Superintendent of Agriculture. No. 3-D ance Building. No. 3 Stoek Barna. Among the girls, the greatest de mand lay in the need of houseworkers for a few weeks of the Summer. For Instance, one family was packing to go to the coast and hired a high school girl to oversee the entire house while they gave their attention to packing preparations. In another case, a man whose wife had been injured in a streetcar accident, employed a girl to attend to his wife and care for the baby. The wife needed attention but not a nurse's care. This girl received her board and room and $10 a month. One Wins Const Trip. One girl was employed by a family that was going to the coast for the Summer. She accompanied them. en Joyed a delightful outing, received $8 a month and expenses, and was required only to care for the children of the family at the shore. Out-of-town positions were not sup plied by the school department, nor were out-of-town students supplied work In Portland through the depart ment. A position as assistant in the office of a dentist was received by one girl. The department stores of Portland em ployed many of the girl students. They were given work while regular em ployes were away on vacations. In all, there were many positions in Portland during the Summer filled by boys and girls of the Portland schools, who missed the Joys of an outing far from the city, but enjoyed other ad vantages which may prove of inesti mable value to them when they are pre pared to leave school as graduates and to enter the school of experience, the primary grades of which they have completed. VAUDEVILLE TURN TAKEN Mrs. Elfrleda Heller Welnsteln Billed as Madame Regonla. That Mrs. Elfrleda Heller Welnsteln. a Portland vocalist, has entered vaude ville in Chicago' Is Indicated by a theatrical notice appearing in the Chi cago Sunday Herald of August 30. A picture of Mrs. Welnsteln taken by a Portland photographer appears in the theater "layout," and underneath It is the name, Madame Vlcra Regonla, which Is presumed by Portland friends of the songstress to be her stage pseudonym. Madame Vlcra Regonla Is listed with the artists appearing at the Colonial Theater, a Jones, Llnick & Schaefer vaudeville house now affiliated with the Marcus Loew Empress theaters. The Colonial follows a continuous policy, vaudeville and moving-pictures holding the stage from 11 A. M. until 11 o'clock P. M. Madame Regonla sang there for four days, her engage ment beginning Monday and ending Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Welnsteln left Portland for Chicago a few months ago after the announcement was made that Mrs. Welnstein probably would Join the Chi cago Opera Company. Portland musi cians theorize that the war shut off all possibility of the Chicago Opera Com pany opening for the season, and that Mrs. Weinsteln won a vaudeville con tract In the meantime. At the Colonial Madame Regonla is billed as "a protege of Madame Schumann Heink." the same programme announcement that fol lowed Mrs. Weinsteln's name when she appeared at the Empress here. FAIR SCENE READY Great Annual Event to Take Place September 15-19. NEW STRUCTURES BUILT Pavilion to House Xnmerons Exhib its and Granges to Compete for Prizes Pupils to Vie. Saturday Is Baby Day. The eighth annual fair of the Mult nomah Fair Association at Gresham will open September 15 and continue until September 19. Rapid progress has been made on the new buildings and improvements. Two additional stock buildings Just completed will provide double the space for stock used In former years. A complete new ma chinery building has been built, a new dancehall has been erected and a new restaurant adjoins the pavilion. In tha pavilion a special place for the art department has been built on the north side, where pictures and other exhibits may be seen to the best advantage. A restroom is being built in the pavilion for the exclusive use of women and mothers, and the general arrangement of buildings has been improved. The exhibits to be housed in the pa vilion are: Agricultural, art, baby show, dairy, domestic science, grange and farm display, horticultural. Juve nile and floral. In addition to these there is a livestock department for horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry and school garden contests and racing will be held. Granges to Compete. The Grange contest, as in former years, leads In interest. The prizes provided for all Granges are: First $250, second $235, third $200, fourth $150, fifth $125: all others $100. Nearly all the 10 Granges of the county will compete. A F. Miller is superintend ent of this department. The livestock department, with double the space of former years, prom ises to be the best in the history of the eight exhibitions. H. G. Mullenhoff, su perintendent, reports that nearly all the space for livestock has been taken. Large space has been assigned to the Portland Floral Society in the pavilion and prizes aggregating $200 are of fered winners. Over $200 has been provided for the Portland school children. The prizes will be paid to winners September 18. On that day all children under 12, if accompanied by their parents, will bo admitted free. This competition Is open to Portland school children only, ime prizes range from $10 down to $5 for the best general displays, and prizes also will be awarded to children for individual displays. Saturday, the laat day, will be baby day, when a show will be held in con nection with the eugenic tests, for which arrangements are being made. The prizes. range from $1 to $5. The Riverside Racing Association promises a daily programme of racing, trotting and pacing events. A special feature will be made of the Juvenile department, of which Theodore Brugger is superintendent. It em braces agriculture, horticulture, me chanics, cooking, poultry and domestic science. The domestic science depart ment will cover a much wider scope than heretofore. Mr. Wlthycombe to SpenA. Addresses will be delivered by Presi dent Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural College, and Mr. Wlthycombe, former head of experimental department of the Oregon Agricultural College. Port land clubs have been assigned days, and events are programmed for every day of the fair. Saturday has been assigned to the Order of Muts, of Port land, and a long list of candidates from Gresham will be Initiated. Officers and superintendents of the fair are: H. A. Lewis, president; E. L. Thorpe, secretary; R. W. Gill, vice president; superintendents, grounds and pavilion. A F. Miller; agriculture, J. W. Townsend; horticulture, E. S. Jenne; floral. R. W. Gill; livestock, H. G. Mul lenhoff; dairying, R. P. Rasmussen; poultry. C. M. Lake; domestic science. Miss Alberta Allen; art, Mrs. Eugene L. Thorpe; Juvenile, Theodore Brugger; refreshments, F. H. Crane. AERIAL TORPEDO INVENTED Portland Man Has Device Which He Says Is Irresistible. A self-propelling aerial torpedo, which, according to the Inventor's as sertions, can be released from three to five miles from the object of attack, and which will steer itself to any de sired spot, and there release about 200 pounds of highly explosive shells, has been designed by H. G. Rich, a Port land engineer. With .these torpedoes Mr. Rich says an aerial fleet could re main In absolute safety and subject any city or fort to an Irresistible bom bardment. The machine, as outlined by the In ventor, consists of a torpedo mounted on an aeroplane. The aeroplane is fur nished with a motor and Is guided by a gyroscope stabilizer, which acts as a mechanical pilot The machinery can be set to travel over a prescribed route. After traveling a certain distance the explosives are automatically released. The torpedo consists of one large shell and six spherical shells, which are released through a sieve by cen trifugal force. Fire Chiefs Visit Portland. J. G. Wintemute, chief of the Ore de partment of Fresno, Cal., and C. W. Culver, chief of the department at Emeryville, Cal., were shown over the Portland department yesterday by Fire Chief Dowell. The two visiting chiefs were on their way home from Victoria. B. C, where they attended the con vention of fire chiefs of the Pacific Coast. CONSPIRACY IS UNVEILED Government ownership of telephones in England has reduced the wages or employe. Sums Ranging From $200 to $400 Paid, It Is Said, to Agents of Combine for Bringing Off AI teged "Successful" Blaze. Wholesale indictments charging arson were returned yesterday by the grand Jury. Those accused are: Phillip Davis. A. Wolfman. A. Zaik, David Pepp, L. Sax, Sam Sax. Max Albert. L W. Weinberg and P. Miller. Eight ln- dirtinpiita wtr returned. All gave ball of $3000 each on being arrested yesterday. David Pepp Is an attorney with offices in the Board of Trade building. It la charged that he counseled criminal acts by the others and acted as Insuranoe adjuster in a number of cases. The others are small shopkeepers whose frequent fires have brought them wrongwlse of the law. It Is alleged by the District Attorney s onice, wnicn is pressing the charges against the ac cused, that an arson trust has existed in Portland for many months and that an investigation has uncovered no less than 50 fires in the city within the past few years that were unquestion ably of incendiary origin. It is alleged there was a conspiracy between the accused men whereby arson was procured whenever It seemed desirable. Sums ranging from $200 to $400 were paid, it is said, to agents of the trast for bringing off what was described aB a "successful" fire. In surance premiums ranging from $700 to $6000 were paid for losses brought about by fires resulting in yesterday s batch of indictments. Conspiracy Deeply -looted. In Borne cases, say tile authorities, there was a conspiracy between owner and tenant to burn stores and collect Insurance premiums. In at least one ease, it is stated, there was a con spiracy between the insurance agent .nd tenant. In other cases, the pro prietor appears to have acted Independ ently, It Is said, removing goods of value from his place of business be fore the tiro was set In his plot to vie tlmize the Insurance companies. Facts upon which the indictments are predicated were brought to ngnt in i searching inquiry into the arson sltua tlon by Deputy District Attorney Charles W. Robison and Walter Garen, sneeial agent During three months this Summer they were probing con stantly the situation and finally so MirH such complete evidence that en tire confidence is felt convictions In the cases reported by the grand Jury yesterday will be secured. "An alarming situation exists In Portland in regard to mercenary fires" salrl Deputy Robtson. "It can be stated without exaggeration that one fire In every three In tnis city is of inoendiary origin. Public opinion should be aroused on this subject and such conscienceless acts renaerea mi possible." Two Styled Active Firebugs. Davis and Wolfman, who appear in five of the eight Indictments, are said v, w hAen active firebugs. It Is charged that they planned fires and advised each other as to when and how tn hrlnir off a "successful" fire. On one occasion, it Is said a store refused to burn, althougn several ai t,rnntn were made to set it on fire. Finally one advised that the back door be left open slightly so that sufficient draft would be given to start it goint; T-htx rir then was accomplished. One indictment charges Phillip nnvin and A. Wolfman with arson for catrtno- fire to a second-hand store be 'one-lna- to Wolfman at 227H Burnslde ct-t on February 2. 1912. Insurance amounting to about $2000 was col ipf.tni as n. result of this fire. Another Indictment charges the same two. together with A. alK, owner, and David Pepp with setting fire to a second-hand store at 206 First street on June 22. 1812. z,aiK carriea Insurance and a settlement was made for $2600. More lnsmran.ee Secured. nnvti Perm and Wolfman are .himd with arson in another Indict ment for the burning of a second-hand tnn helonirlnsr to Davis at 25 North .tr..i on .lulv 25. 1012. Insur ance amounting to $1900 was carried onH tinno was oaid. L. Sax, Sam "Sax, his son. Max Albert and P. Davis are cnargea in anomer indictment with naving set lire iu inthln .tore at 207 First street, be longing to L. Sax & Sons, on August 6 1912. Insurance amounnjis m was carried on the stock and $6690 was collected. On the morning of the fire. Sax and his son, Sam, were arrested by Patrolman Dairympie ana uwon Be fore Judge Tazwell in Municipal Court, but were discharged. Max Albert Is charged in another ln rft,.tmrt with having set fire to his vatHAr.oA Sis Sumner street, which he hoi i.tiH and where he carried $1200 Insurance on his furniture, on nov ia He realized $125. It is said that when the firemen entered the house they found tne lire Duniiug m . few places In the nouse ana oue ihuo damage was done. When the insurance adjuster came the next morning, how ever. It Is stated someone appeared to have inflicted damage on the furniture with a hammer, breaking mirrors and damaging chairs. This fire was do scribed as a fizzle. Insurance of 8C9 Procured. T W. Weinberg is accused of hav ing set fire to a picture frame store at 652 First street. February 1. 1913. Ho carried $1000 insurance and got $869. In this Are an adjoining building, con taining a tailor shop, plumbing estab n.hmoTit and erocery store. was burned and two children were rescued with difficulty. . Phillip Davis, A. w oilman, usvm Pepp and P. Miller are named In another indictment for having set fire to a North End store and the first three figure in still another true bill returned yesterday by the grand Jury when it made Its final report at noon. One secret indictment was returned In connection with the arson cases. Another case of somewhat similar nature Is still under investigation in which a far more serious charge prob ably will be made. ROUTE THOUGHT SETTLED Portland & Oregon City Railway Franchise to Come Up Wednesday. After months of delay due to the shifting about of the proposed routing of cars, the franchise sought by the Portland ei Oregon City Railway Com pany for an lnterurban electric line through the East Side to connect with a line from Oregon City to Portland's West Side business district, will be be fore the City Commission Wednesday I feel that I have a riht to addrM you on the subject of the initiative den ial law which you will find on the bal lot to be voted in November. I am the oldest in a family of four children, two- boys and two girl. I am the father of fonr children, three (rirl and a boy. I did not travel a primrose road with a eilver spoon in my mouth and I know what it means for a poor boy to face the world. I know what ho must struirgle against and overcome in order to enter the dental profession. I Low, hnnn nvpr that road mvself. --- fnthov mnA mother, vonr bov decided to make dentistry his life work, and while you did not have the means to do for him what yon would like, yet you helped him in a small way which meant many sacrifices and personal depri vations. Suppose, after he had struggled through school and reoeived his diploma from a reputable dental college, your family social position and income were so meager that ha oould not afford to open an elaborate office. He conld not join aristocratio clubs and mingle in the so-called ex clusive aooial circles and await rich patients who oould af ford to pay him from $10 to $20 an honr. Suppose your boy was forced to be content with a modest little office on a side street close to the people of modest cir cumstances like your own. If people did not find out what he was doing, where he was and who he was, and that very quickly, so that he could use the skill and training he had ac quired, the chances are he would be unable to pay the second month's office rent. Then, suppose, because he had enough energy and amM tion to get out of a professional rut and advertise his busi ness the same as other young men in other lines were doing, the ethical dentists in his locality should meet and declare him a "quaek" and decide that he was a dangerous citizen to the community and that he should be dopnved of honestly earning his living in the profession in which you and he had struggled so hard that ho might be properly qualified. Suppose this happens to your boy. N hat would yon think of the ethics of n profession which did thisT hat would you think of a state which enacted laws permitting such things to be done? This has happened to thousands of young men m den tistry in this country. I am making this fight in Oregon against the Ethical Dental Trust in the interests of young men who cannot make it for themselves for your ooy. The American public has been kind to me. I could have retired from practice years ago with means sufficient to have made me and my family comfortable for the remainder of my life. But I realized what I had struggled against in my life and when I looked into the face of my own little boy I said to myself: '1 can afford to make this sacrifice for the principles of a cleaner and a better dental profession, and as long as I live I will nevjr quit fighting that monster of injustice, the Ethical Dental Trust, until I hare aioused the American people to a realization of conditions and bring about a reform in our state dental laws." From a selfish standpoint I want you to understana that I can conduct my large Portland office without per sonally having a license to practice in Oregon, because each and every one of my associates here are registered in this state and are perfectly competent to carry on my practloe without even my personal presence. This has been done since the 27th of last April, when my Portland office was first opened, and todav it is tho largest dental practice in Oregon, grown so notwithstandln the fact the State Dental Board refused to give me a lien on tho ground that I was incompetent. The idea of a Board of Dental Examiners declaring me incompetent! I have practiced dentistry so successfully for nearly a quarter of a century that I am known from th Atlantic to the Pacific as the founder and chief surgeon of the largest organization of dental specialists in- the world. I am a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, the second oldest school of dentistry in America, I am licensed to practice in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Illinois, California and also in Canada, where the require ments of professional skill and knowledge are o,rtainly np to the standard of any states in this Union. If I am com petent in those states am I not competent when I cross the line into Oregon T What ean be said of the honor and integrity of a board of pnblie servants intrusted with the solemn and sacred duty of administering the laws of this commonwealth who are guilty of such action t They feared to give me a license in Oregon because they were under the control and influence of the Ethical Dental Trust of this state. No dental board could exist under the present law without being intimidated by this Ethical Dental Trust. Therefore, I say, abolish the dental board and thereby re voke the power usurped bv this Ethical Dental Trust. The proposed law to be voted on this Fall provides that any per son who is a graduate of a reputable college may file with the Secretary of State a copy of his or her diploma, together with the affidavits of two citizens of Oregon that the appli cant is of good moral character, and thereby be entitled to practice dentistry in this state. If I had been some unknown, small-town, obscure den tist whom the Dental Trust did not fear as a competitor in Portland there would have been no hesitancy about grant ing me a license. Has this Ethical Dental Trust any right to say how many and which dentists shall praetiee in Oregon T Shall they so arrange matters that the citizens of Oregon can be deprived of the right to scleet their own dentists" If men did this sort of thing in any other line of business they would be prosecuted under the law for maintaining a monopolv in restraint of trade. This Ethical Dental Trust does not dare to come out openly before the public and defend its record and advo cate its principles, which are special privileges for special interests. It has resorted to calling me names a campaign of billingsgate and vilification of me. That is the only answer it makes at the bar of public opinion. The convicted criminal standing before the bar of jus tice, calling the judge names does not appeal to intelligent men and women m this age of enlightened public sentiment. This question of a reform of the dental law is the old ques tion of our time only in another form: "Shall the peo ple ruleT" Yours respectfully, PAINLESS PARKER, Dentist. Sixth and Washington Streets, Portland, Or. Los Angeles Bakersfield Oakland San Diego San Francisco Brooklyn, N. Y. (Paid Advertisement.) for flnal passage. The measure l pro posed to take the place of the franchise o-r.nted the company last Winter, but held up by referendum Invoked by prop erty owners on tiast seventeenin nfi. along which the line first was planned. The routing was changed from there to Eat Twenty-eighth street, and later to East Twenty-second street. The latest move is to Tacoma avenue. It is expected the franchise will be granted finally Wednesday. DECORATOR OF CITY FREED Civic Pride Held Motive of Oriental Who Painted Doors Red. Civic pride embodying a desire to paint the town red" and not Insanity caused Mock Chung, Chinese, to paint the doors of the City Hall, police sta tion, St. Vincent's Hospital, a Ullsan- street residence and a coffin at Fifth and Flanders streets, according to the findings of the courts. Chung was arrested early In the week after having been caught putting two red spots on a coffin. Municipal Judge Stevenson turned the Oriental over to the county authorities for Investigation Into his aanlty. The examination showed that Chung was perfectly sane. It SSSS developed that the Oriental U a mural decorator by profession. "Me like Port land." said Chung yesterday. "Me make em pretty. Me paint It red." Judge Stevenson freed Chung. Home Robbed of Jcwelr. E D. Hurrle reported to Sheriff Word yesterday that his home at Oatss Crossing on the Gresham line was entered by burglars Friday night and Ave rings, two pairs of cuff links and a diamond stick pin were stolen. The Sheriff's office la working on the case. i