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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1914)
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 4. 1914. CONFESSED FIREBUG ART CAREER DRAWS RENOWNED SINGER TO BE HEARD THIS WEEK j Norwegian Prima Donna, Whose Dramatic Soprano Voice Sounds the Depths of the Human Heart, Will Entertain Here. Lincoln said: do the yen? 'best I non how the very best I 'can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brines me out all I ACCUSES LAWYERS right, vhat is said against me Won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I Was right Would make no difference." ( Martin rie Muth Leaves for New York to Finish Study. Philip Davis Says He Was In- duced to Retract, but New I Resolve Was Made. Tine Deofcal WORK HERE PREPARATORY i 13 FEAR AS FACTOR DENIED -Bank Cashier Testifies 3Iax Albert I Sfade $COO Deposit About Time t Davis Avers Albert Received 3 Tay for Sax Fire. Through a. long cross-examination that took up practically all yesterday's court session, Philip Davis, confessed agent of the "arson trust," matched -wits with attorneys who sought to im peach his testimony. Although having an imperfect knowledge of English, he held his own and. at times had his in 'QUlsitors on the defensive. Attorney Dan Malarkey, counsel for .Max Albert, who is on trial, and others accused of arson who are to be tried, sought to show that Davis tells any story that suits him and made state ments to the District" Attorney confess ing his part in the operations of the 'alleged arson ring, besides Involving ' others, under duress and threat by the Authorities. f Retraction I'rged, He Says. - Davis testified that after his confes sion he was induced by attorneys to retract his statement to the District Attorney. He said he was told by At torneys W. A. Carter and E. B. Sea brook to say that he was so harassed by the inquisition and threats of Deputy District Attorney Robison that had he been asked if President Wilson iiad set a fire he would have answered yes. Attorney Malarkey tried to show this was the statement of the witness to his counsel: Davis testified it was rather the testimony suggested to him by his attorneys. .- "I did not want to sit in jail," was the explanation of the witness as to why he made his statement to the Dis trict Attorney. Otherwise, he said, he would be unable to raise the necessary bail to get out, as he was told that un less he told the truth, higher bonds would be required than he could raise. JVew Itesolve la Made. Thereupon, he said, he resolved to tell the truth and clear up his trouble as quickly as possible. He was told by the attorneys, he testified, that he had made a great mistake in making his confession to the District Attorney, but that he could very likely be cleared of the charge if he would testify he was frightened at the time and did not tell the truth. Following his acceptance of this advice, he again resolved to make a clean breast of the whole mat ter. Davis told on cross-jexamination the story of his conviction and prison sen tence in Russia for horse stealing. He taid he was innocent of the crime for which he served one year's imprison ment in Vilma, Russia. He said that 30 years ago he was a eoldier in Russia. Hi3 brother, in bus iness with a partner, died of appendi ' citia. His brother's wife was left in want and Davis says he went to his brother's partner and demanded his , share of the Joint property. Morses Are Stolen. " He was unsuccessful in getting any thing and shortly thereafter four bourses belonging to the partner were stolen and the crime was charged to Davis. The witness said that by virtue of a , Russian law that imposes a penalty of three years' imprisonment for anyone who swears falsely at a court trial, his brother's partner was later sent to prison for three years for giving testi mony at the trial of Davis that was lalse. ; M. A. Ashley, cashier of the bank of Ashley & Rumelln. was a witness for the prosecution. Identifying a deposit f Max Albert amounting to J200 at about the time Davis, according to his testimony, turned over to Albert the 1200 which was his share of the price paid for setting the Sax Are. Court ad.lourned at 1 o'clock. The trial will be resumed Monday. ROADS AID COTTON SALES Portland Offices Xotify Employes to ; Purchase Goods During Week. Railroads in the Northwest, partic ularly those radiating out of Portland, are planning to take an active part in the movement to increase the sale of cotton good 3 so that the cotton grow ers of the South, who have been unable to dispose of this year's crop on ac count of the war, may have funds with which to continue their industry. - The various carriers with general offices in Portland yesterday notified their employes to make purchases of cotton goods and bulk cotton this week. The movement to make the present Tveek "cotton week" throughout the country originated with some of the Eastern carriers, and upon their sug gestion was taken up here in the :: The railroads point out that inas much ss cotton and cotton goods form a large percentage of the gross rail shipments in the United States, it is essential that the carriers assist in the movement to relieve the Southern Srcwers of their surplus product. They jioint out that as soon as the war in - Kurope Is over the countries now at v.-ar again will come into the market nnd that their demands will be heavier than ever before. r'or this reason, thev say, it is im perative that tho South be supplied with funds to continue puttintr out crops. WIFE SUING AUTHOR WINS John Fleming Wilsons Separated, Woman to Drop Writer's Xame. John Fleming Wilson, the magazine writer; formerly a resident of Portland, has settled tho divorce suit recently filed against him in New York by en tering into an agreement of separation. By the terms of the agreement Mrs! Wilson promises not to use the name, Mrs. John Fleming Wilson, but to be known as Lulu E. Wilson and. not to sue for separation unless her husband defaults in paying "alimony of 130 a month. Mr. Wilson also paid J300 in counsel fees. Each agrees not "to In trude upon the other's society or busi ness." The agreement was approved by trie New York courts last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were married In Tortland July 14. JS06, and lived to gether until 1912, when they moved to New York. Mr. Wilson is the son of Professor J. R. Wilson, who resigned recently from the principalshlp of Fort land Academy after a service of 25 years. He was employed for several years on Portland newspapers and later became editor of the. Pacific Monthly. illllSlBMiSII. iiiill lpfeilf I W3Wflt- f ' -v ,: 1111 slwf vT A- 1 1 St i ;$ w- r , 1 V mm v,,.' &fjkj Ei''''" - V A ' S y!? I pu : - . i - ., ., I " ' i .1 . - - - MADAJHE OLIVES FREMSTAD. THE first wisit to Portland of the great prima donna, Madame Olive Fremstad, who sings at the Heilig next Wednesday night, October 7, di rection of Steers & Coman, promises to be a most brilliant event. This most gifted dramatic soprano, now at the height of her powers, has a voice that sounds the depths of the human heart. Her dramatic fire and subtle, delicate beauty of interpretation, like the play of sunlight dancing oh waters, has a thousand tender lights and shades of humor, pathos and exuberant joy. Ther"e are moments when she rises to the sublimest heights of dramatic passion, leaving the audience in a state of white heat at the beauty and exaltation, such a revelation of genius Imparts. The programme Madame Fremstad will give next Wednesday night is un paralleled in its rich diversity. Be ginning with some Schumann Ileder, in which the subtle, delicate, complex weD or Deauty is imbued with inner meaning that moves the soul strange ly.she passes on to Grieg, the song- poet of her nation, for Fremstad was born in Norway, and this explains the rapture of her mood as she Interprets for us the quick transition from wild, rhymthmlc gaiety to the most heart rending pathos, which is so strange a characteristic of the Norwegian nature that the two extremes mingle and in termingle like lightning and sunshine. Several songs by Hugo Wolf, so mar velous in their beauty and penetration in the very core of our life, are fol lowed by. a delightful innovation in programme-making, pictures in song, showing the genius of the Northmen, many of them Scandinavian compatriots of Fremstad. It is an atmosphere, strange and unfamiliar, with colors that are almost from another world, languor and mysticism intermingling with rhythmic charm and combative energy. A great Wagnerian aria, that has made Fremstad's name known to the four corners of the earth, will be the final number. This is the inspired "Liebestod," from "Tristan and Isolde," the most wonderful love-music ever produced by the heart and brain of PEACE WEEK AT OBSERVANCE BEGLVS HERE TODAY WITH TWO GATHERINGS. Rotary Club to Preside at Library and Old Baker Theater Pupils to Hear Orators Tomorrow. . Leading Oregon's participation in the movement of the International Associa tion of Rotary Clubs in behalf of uni versal peace, the Portland Rotary Club will launch "Peace Week" in Port land today with two great mass meet ings at 2:30 P. M.. one at the Library and one at the old Baker Theater, at Eleventh and Morrison streets. The programmes at the two meetings will be identical, speakers passing from one assembly to the other. J. C. English, president, of the Rotary Club, will introduce Rev. Frank S. Doveland. pastor of the Methodist Church, who will preside over the meeting at the Library, and N. Q. Pike will introduce the speakers at the Baker Theater meeting. Following is the programme outlined: Selection by the Firemen's Band. Patriotic singing by the assembly. Prayer by Rev. J. H Boyd. Introductory remarks by N. G. Pike. Singing by chorus of 100 voices. Address by W. T. Potter, vice-presi dent of the Oregon. Peace Society. Singing by the assembly. Address by C. E. S. Wood. Closing patriotic song by the assem bly. In the forenoon, as a preliminary to the launching of the "Peace Week" celebration, practically every minister in the city will devote a portion of his morning service to the movement for universal peace. The observance will be carried through the entire week, being given attention by every leading commercial organization of th city, and at noon Saturday a joint meeting of the vari ous organizations will be held at the Commercial Club, to close the week's ceremonies. Speakers sent under the auspices of the Rotary Club will talk on peace in all of the schoolhouses of the city to morrow morning. The observance by the clubs of the city will be as follows: Monday, the East Side Business Men's Club; Tues day, the Rotary Club; Wednesday, the Ad Club; Thursday, the Progressive Business Men's Club; Friday, the Real ty Board. Letters from presidents of various colleges In Oregon and Mayors of vari ous cities have been received at the Rotary Club offices, announcing the intention of the cities and colleges to do all in their power to make the ob servance statewide. Speakers, who will address pupils at the public schools tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock on "Peace," are: B. E. Haney, Chapman and Davis; W. T. La Roche. Elliott and Shaver; W. H. Ev ans. Shattuck; G. C. Moser. Ainsworth; Colonel R. A. Miller, Holman; C. M. Idleman. Terwilllger: Jay Bowerman, Stevens; E. E. Heckbert, Brooklyn; Dr. William House, Sellwood and Llewel lyn; Arthur Languth, Arleta and Hoff man. S. C. Prier, Buckman; C. F. Berg, Failing; R. D. Carpenter, Ladd; G. L. Baker, Glenhaven and Rose City; W. T. Foster, Lincoln High; Jacob Kanzler, Richmond and Clinton Kelly; C. C. Colt, Holliday; O. M. Plummer, Peninsular and Portsmouth ; G. W. Stapleton, East moreland and Woodstock; M. G. Win stock, Franklin. High; J. E. Werlein, Lents and Woodmere; D. N. Mosesshon, Kern; C. C. Chapman. Washington High: N. G. Pike. Sunnyside: R. W. Raymond, Jefferson High; Estes Sned ecor. Fulton Park and Multnomah; Marshall N. Dana, Couch; Louis Timms, Woodlawn and Kenton; Dean Vincent, Vernon and Kenton; Franklin "T. Grif fith. Hawthorne: Phil Bates. Albina Homestead and Thompson; M. R. Cum mings, Hudson; Dr. F. E. Moore, Girls' School of Trades; W. F. Woodward, Irvington; H. H. Moore, Mount Tabor and Fernwood; F. W. Hild, Ockley Green and Highland; D. B. Dodson, Montavilla. Nineteen-Tear-Old Lincoln Higli Student Prominent in School Af fairs Leaves to Enter Xcw York .Art League. Another Portland youth has left this city to invade the realms of higher art in New York City. Martin de Muth, a 19-year old aspirant for a high career, left for the East last week, to study life drawing and painting in the Art League of New Yohk. After a thorough academic training in this well-known school he hopes to spec ialize in magazine' illustration and ani mal painting. Martin, for the past four j'ears, was a student in the Lincoln High School and the Young Men's Christian Associ ation night schools, having been an assistant instructor in one of the Young Men's Christian Association night classes for the past two Win ters. He was president of the June '14 class of the Lincoln High. While attending school he was also connected with a local advertising firm for three years. Through this busi ness house he has done various kinds of art work for some of the leading merchants and theaters of Portland. As a member of tho "Cardinal" staff, the official organ of the West Side school, he contributed drawings and literary ' work of merit to evory issue published the last four years. He held several prominent positions in student and "Cardinal affairs .throughout bis four-year course. Connected with the Art League in New York are such artists as Chlldu Hassam, James Montgomery Flagg, Charles E. Chambers and Harrison Fisher. Young de Muth hopes to re main East for several years before re turning; to his native city. He left on the steamer Bear, accompanied by Howard S. McKay, a Lincoln High athlete. Together they went to Los Angeles where de Muth left by way of the South for New York City. McKay will remain in the Southland for sev eral months before returning to Oregon. VOTES OF WOMEN SOUGHT Dr. C. J. 'Smith and Others Speak at Jackson Club Reception. The women of the Jackson Club held a reception for women voters in the green room of the Commercial Club Friday night, at which Dr. Esther PohlLovejoy. Dr. C. J. Smith, Tom Word and A. F. Flcgel were principal speakers. Dr. Pohl-Lovejoy's address was di rected against the activities in Oregon of the Congressional TTnion for Woman Suffrage, the object of which is to de feat the Democratic Congressional nom inees. Dr. Smith told of how, in the course of his campaign for Governor, he has met many women voters and found them Interested in political matters. 'A solo was contributed by Mrs. J. Curtys Simmons, for whom Mrs. Bonnie . Rep logle was the accompanist. Ccntralla Without Candidates. . CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 3. (Spe cial.) In spite of the fact that next Saturday will be tho last opportunity to file for municipal offices in Kelso, no candidate has signified his intention of entering the race, although it is un derstood that several are likely to an nounce officially within the next few days. Only Councilman Burchman and Kerns are holdovers. There are four ward Councllmcn, a Councilman-at-large and Mayor to be elected as well as Town Clerk, Treasurer and Attorney. The city primary will be held November 10 and the final election on December 8. Game Pfentiful Near Woodland. WOODLAND. Wash.. Oct 3. (Spe cial.) In addition to the large number of wing shots that went out yesterday after pheasants and other game, about 40 residents of Woodland and Lewis River Valley are out in the hills after deer, as the season for deer and pheas ants opened October 1. Deer, bear, bob cats and other wild animals are re ported to he plentiful. Paper Quits With First Issue. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Oct. 3. (Spe cial.) After publishing once the Te nino Gazette, a new paper started last week by B. H. Dyer failed to appear this week. The lack of finances by Dyer is said to be responsible for his failure to make good. Player pianos can now be had for less than the ordinary upright silent piano sells for regularly. Read page 19, this paper. Adv. I paid Dr. Brown; now I quit. Lucore. Read page 14. this section. Adv. . Carload oi Bathtubs 1 lg? 2 SO One day only Monday we will sell these first-class white enamel castiron Bathtubs at less than usual wholesale price. Plumbers who buy from trust houses must sell these tubs for $18 and $20. A carload of them one day only 13. 50 . $4.50 Cast Iron White Enameled Sinks. . .$2.75 30-Gallon Range Boilers, guaranteed .... $4.65 $13.50 High Tank Toilets, extra special . . . $9.35 Mail Orders Filled Delivered Free on Board Cars. Ask Any Mercantile Agency or Bank About Us. J. SIMON & BROTHER "The Price Cutters" Front and Grant Sts. Take "S" car south on Third St. OE SL c M Get luff To the Thinking Men and Women, of Oregon: Can the Dental Trust of Oregon, by calling me names, convince you that Dentistry Bill 340 should be defeated? Can this combine fool the people into voting against Bill 340 by a cam paign of misrepresentation of the facts about dentistry? How can the Dental Trust call the voter of Oregon "ignorant and un thinking" in its official publication, the Northwest Dental Journal, and then have the nerve to ask the voters through the daily press to vote against Bill 340 ' ' The Northwest Dental Journal is published only for dentists members of the combine and in the August number, the voters of Oregon are divided into three classes: "1. The illiterate. 2. The indifferent. 3. The knocker." It then adds this insult to the intelligence of the people of Oregon: "We would agree with The Spectator and, therefore, quit worrying over the outcome, if we were assured that all the voters were thinking individuals. But such is far from the case." Could anything more clearly show the contempt in which the layman is held by the Dental Trust? For years this combine in restraint of full and free competition in dentistry haf kept the public in ignorance about dentistry by keeping dentists out of Oregon who believed in educational advertising, and now it calls the . voters "illiterate, indifferent, knockers." I appeal to the intelligent voters of Oregon to help me bust the Dental Trust. Single handed and alone I have made it possible, the first time in history, for the voters to . say if one class, one profession, shall have special privileges under the law. Does this Trust come out in the open in a full and free discussion of the issues? It . does not. - . - v It began by working under an assumed name, a dental educational society, a paper organization to hide behind, which will go out of existence when this election is over. This society boasts it has raised somewhere near $45,000 to defeat Bill 340. How could an organization 30 days old raise such a sum of money? Here is a sample of the arguments this Dental Trust is trj'ing to ram down the voters of Oregon: . It says Bill 340 should be defeated because it will lower the standard of dental effi ciencj' by permitting dentist3 to practice who have graduated from -schools having only a twelve months' course of study. This is not true. If this Trust honestly wanted to be fair and really educate the public about dental matters, why did it not tell the whole truth and explain that Bill 340 provides that any dentist may practice who is "a graduate of any reputable dental college in good standing which requires a course of study of at least 2 years, having a "yearly course of study of at least six months?" The facts are that years ago all dental colleges in America had only a 2-year course of study. In 1892 the National Association of Dental Faculties declared 'that no school would be considered "reputable and in good standing" in the National Association which did not have a 3-year course of study, and the course of study wa3 then raised to 3 years fcy all schools, in order to be "reputable and in good standing." Oregon, as well as all other states, has "always recognized the 2-j'ear diplomas issued previous to 1892. Otherwise the older dentists, many who are the- most capable because of 20 to 25 years of actual, practical experience in dentistry, would have been denied the right to continue in practice. I graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College, the second oldest dental school in America, on a 2year course. It is still recognized as one of the best dental schools in America, "reputable and in good standing" in the National Association of Dental Facul ties, because it raised its course of study to 3 years in 1892. Many well-informed people do not know these facts. If the Dental Trust is as honor able as it claims, why did it not tell the whole truth? I'll tell you something else the public does not know and which the Trust was care ful not to tell you: 7 Do you know that one of the members of the State Board of Dental Examiners in Oregon never graduated from any dental college and has no diploma in dentistry? What right has this Trust to be talking about lowering the standard of dentistry in Oregon and objecting to a 2-year course of study, when one of the State Board members hasn't even graduated from a 2-year course? Andifcbis man who has no diploma as evidence of an education in dentistry passed upon my dental knowledge and said I did not pass the examination. Think of it! This shows to what base depths the Dental Examining Board of Oregon has fallen as the creature of the Oregon Dental Trust. Isn't it, Mr. and Mrs. Voter, time that some dentist should come to Oregon who ha3 the courage of his convictions sufficient to make it possible for you to register a vote that will Bust the Dental Trust in this state ? And because I resent being branded a quack by such methods, after nearly a quarter of a century of honorable success in my profession, I am called a charlatan, criminal and street faker. ' ( Will calling me names satisfy the voters of Oregon that the Dental Trust is like Caesar's wife? These Dental Trustites seem to be peeved because the people do not take seriously their assumption of ethical dignity. I want to see Dentistry Bill 340 carried, because it will be better for the dentists and better for the people. It will free every reputable dentist in the state from intimida tion by the trust and reduce the cost of dentistry to the people by full and free com petition. But I would rather lose this fight than win on a foul. I know that no perma nent success can be attained by misrepresentation. If the Dental Trust of Oregon had been perfectly fair and candid and dealt honorably with.the people of the state, it would not now be contorting in the throes of death. ' Sixth and Washington Streets Portland, Oregon YOURS FOR BILL NO; 340, PAINLESS PARKER, Dentist. SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND SAN DIECO PORTLAND LOS ANGELES BAKERSFIELD BROOKLYN, N. f. (Paid Advertisement.) No "Matter 'Where You Live, You Can Phone Your "WANT" Ad to The Or eg oni an Simply ask "Central" to give you the ""Want Ad" Department, and, if you are a subscriber to either phone, the ad. will be charged to you and bill sent the next day. Easy isn't it?