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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1914)
THE SUM-DAT ORJEGOIIA, rORTLAXD, KOVE3IBEK 8, lil!4. NEW ACT DRAFTED . TO RULE TAXICABS VARIED REPERTOIRE ON TODAY'S PROGRAMME Evan "Williams to Sing Aria From "Elijah" That Depicts Tierce Denun ciation of .Worshippers of Baal Welsh Airs Also to Be Heard. T7 Commissioner Daly Submits Measure Reducing Rates ' : and Controlling Drivers. LUGGAGE INSIDE FREE HIPPODROME NOW OPEN 21st and Marshall Streets Clause of Proposed Ordinance For bids Smoking by Chauffeur Wtth , out Passenger's Permission. Action Due Wednesday, 12 C M T Reduction In the maximum rates Which operators of taxlcabs, eight-seeing cars and automobiles may charge for their service Is provided In a meas ure which has been sent to the City Council by Commissioner Daly. The measure, in addition to fixing rates, prescribes a long list of rules and reg ulations for the protection of patrons and governing the behavior of the drivers. : At present there Is a city ordinance Tiling a maximum rate of 60 cents for the first half mile for a taxicab carry ing one or two . passengers. The pro posed ordinance provides a 50-cent rate ror three-fifths of a mile. The old ordinance permitted a charge of 60 cents for the first one-third of a mile Xor taxicaba carrying - three or more passengers. Mr. Daly's measure allows not more than 60 cents for the first (two-fifths of a mile. - For taxlcabs carrying one-or two passengers the old ordinance fixed a charge of 10 cents for every quarter of a mile after the first Taa.lt mile. The Daly measure sets the charge at 10 cents for every one-fifth mile after the first three-fifths mile. -Baggage Inside Preea No charge is permitted in ' the new measure for children, under 5 years of age when accompanied by a parent and no charge is permitted for baggage carried inside. The driver is required to unload baggage without charge and charge for waiting because of prema ture arrival of a taxicab is prohibited. For taxicabs carrying from one to our passengers a charge of $3.60 is allowed for the first hour or fraction thereof and 35 cents for every addition al quarter mile. For more than four 4: EVAN WILLIAMS, WHO SINGS AT HEIL.IG THEATER TODAY. ANT beautiful and noteworthy numbers will grace Evan Wil- J"!!"-? " f 25 Ut 3 o'clock today. Among these is an cents an hour may be made. Taxicab companies maintaining zone aria from Mendelssohn's wonderfully made for every passenger for every ad ditional hour or fraction thereof. rates are required to file a copy of the dramatic oratorio, "Elijah. In lm sone and rates with the Commissioner agination we see this mightiest of all of Publio Utilities (Daly). The sone the prophets, stern, inspired with fer rates must not be in excess of the rlDia power from heaven, as the curse F'Vn tJflTi. tOP taxlcabs not of drought falls on the land because of having zone rates. , . , . Sight-seeing automobiles accommo- Q"etn Je"b?l and, thlT,rB?lp 1 Baal dating 10 or more passenger are 11m- sha J18;9 introduced. Following the la lted to 60 cents for every passenger, mentations of the people and the som by the Daly measure, and are prohlb- ber despairing mood of the music, lted from giving a trip of less than an ?om?,lthre,t pa"s,ona tefPPeals of most hour. The route must be as advertised. t,ouc,in beautV "p . A" the For trips longer than an hour an ad- ,.lc"Y,r " " Iour ditional charge of 25 cents may be tlon. '"UW,"!M antt conB- Thls aria is sung with exaltation and melting beauty by Evan Williams. Accurate Registers Required. I whose genius calls up before our eyes The measure prohibits charging for I vivid pictures of the scenes that follow: the return trip of taxicab after per-1 The grand a id lonely figure of Elijah forming a service or for responding to I in the desert, ministered to by angels; a call provided the distance is not over I his renewal of strength and return-to one mile. For distances over a mile a I the world, his fierce challenge to the charge of 6 cents may be made for I priests of Baal; his call to heaven every one-fifth mile over the first mile, and the descent of fire from above; the Taxlcabs are described in the meas- I ruBh and swirl of the storm that ends ore as "all motor vehicles (except the long drought in answer to Elijah's streetcars) propelled by power other prayer; the tragic destruction of the than muscular, which aro commonly of- false priests, and the final sublime pic- fered or rented for hire with a driver ture f th grand old prophet caught or are commonly engaged in carrying I passengers, or passengers and bag gage, lor hire." ins measure provides that every taxicab shall be equipped with an ac curate timepiece and an accurate cy clometer or other devices for register ing time and distance. These shall be I OREGON PIONEER OS 1889 ESCAPED FREE INSTRUCTION TO BEGINNERS Skating Hours : Morning 10 to 12 Afternoon 3 to 5:30 Admission 25c Admission 25c Evening 8 to 10:30 Admission 50c SKATES FOR RENT up to heaven in a chariot and whirl wind of fire. Other beautiful oratorio numbers will be Included in the programm "Total Eclipse," from Handel's "Sam son"; the martial and fiery "Sound An Alarm" from "Judas Maccabaeus," and How Many Hired Servants," from Sullivan's "The Prodigal Son." Several captivating songs by com posers of today, a group of Welsh airs. arias will complete this unusual pro- team registered at the Imperial yes- gramme, showing to advantage thelerday. rare beauty and emotional quality of I Judge and Mrs. W. H. Maione, 01 the voice that is now recognized as the I Corvallis, are at the Carlton. greatest American concert tenor. j Albert, of Salem, is registered ob recivai """ at the Imperial with Mrs. Albert. lowing ia the nroeramme: Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Russell, of Al (a) "Where E'er Ton Walk Handel bany. Is registered at the Seward. MUSIC BY PR ASP'S 10 -PIECE BAND Direct Service on "W," Lovejoy, 16th, 23d and "S" Cars OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING, MONDAY EVENING, 8 P. M. b) "Total Eclipse' c) a (b) (c) (a) b) Handel Sound an Alarm" Handel Ah, Love But a Day" Protheroe I Send My Heart Up to Thea Protheroe The Tear's at the Spring" ... Protheroe Wanderlne" Schubert 'Murmuring Zephyra" Jensen (c) "Spirit Sone" Haydn (d) "Wind and Lyre" War "T Deryn Pur," "Adieu to Dear Cambria," "Mentra Owen" (Welsh songs) (a) "If With All Tom Hearts". Mendelssohn (b) "How Many Hired Servants" Sullivan (a) "Flower Song" from "Carmen" Bizet (b) "Tour Tiny Hands" from "La Bo heme" . Puccini i JOHN J. BUGS PASSES placed so that the passengers may read them without difficulty at the time of starting and at the end, of the trip. The driver is required to carry a flash light for use In dlsplcylnar the regis ters at night. No registering device may be used until it has been tested and approved by the city Sealer of .weights and Measures. Disputes Up to Police. INDIAN MASSACRE BT CHANCE. Man Who Helped Build TJp Tom of East Mllford, Neb., Survived by Five Children. John J. Briggs. who died at Bay In case of a dispute between a driver I View. Or.. October 25. was born near hud a passenger as to the proper legal Bowling Green. Ky, August 20, 1844. faro the taxicab-driver is required by . . ' V . . ,. the ordinance to drive the passenger a by he worked In the. lumber Immediately to the nearest police sta- camps conducted Tgy his father on the tlon and put the question up to the of- Mississippi River. r Seer In charge, who shall have author- About 1860 he left bis father's home ity to decide the question. If the dls- and engaged In milling near Camden, puts Is at the depot the policeman on Neb., where he located on a homestead, duty shall decide. The trip to the For 14 months he mined In Colorado, police station snail be at the expense f journeying to. Fort Kearney, Neb., by the person, winning the decision of the ox team. Left by chance by the party policeman. with which he Intended traveling to the Drivers of taxicabs are required to Black Hills, he escaped massacre by have cases inside the cars containing the Indians. cara upon which are the name, ad- Hemarried Mahattie Collins in 1879 dress of the driver and the number of and moved to East Mllford, Neb. Here the automobile and the rates provided he was engaged, with offices In LJn- by the city. No taxicab,- the measure coin, by the Burlington Railroad as provides, may carry more passengers re8j estate agent. In building the town than the ordinary seating capacity. Cf Grover and in operations covering Drivers are prohibited from swearing tne entire territory of the Platte River or smoKing unless mey gei me per- Bection. He Journeyed .to Newport, Or. mission of their passengers, n 18g9 aa a means of improving the Commissioner Daly says such an or- heith of his wife and one of his sons. yesterday, en route home from Nevada, where she campaigned for woman suf frage. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Morris, of Seattle, are at the Cornelius. A. C. Ac k arm an, of Corvallis, is reg istered at the Oregon. P. H. Stanton, a Hood River orchard ist. is at the Perkins. Charles Hunkes, of Woodburn, is reg istered at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, of Centralis, is at the Oregon. II. B. Olds registered at the Cor nelius from Seattle yesterday. Claude Nasburg, of Marshfield, is registered at the Multnomah. Rancel Nlelson registered at the Per kins yesterday from Carlton. The Aberdeen High School football BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR TEMPLE OF CHILDHOOD FOR PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION AND HER PRIZE-WINNING BABY BROTHER. finance "is necessary for the preserva tion of the health, peace and safety of the city in that there is no adequate ordinance now in force for the regula tion of taxlcabs, and great publio In convenience is now suffered on account thereof." . Immediate Enforcement Asked. Ife asks that the measure ie passed with an. emergency clause attached so that it will become effective at once. It will be considered by the City Coun cil Wednesday. Commissioner Daly has prepared an other measure to settle troubles among taxicab drivers at the depots. This also will be considered Wednesday. It prohibits any railroad company or own ers of Wharves from giving a right to one firm which is not given to all firms. It prohibits any person or firm from being favored by positions at depots or wharves. This measure has been pre pared as a result of charges that the managers of depots and wharves favor one of the taxicab companies to the exclusion and detriment of others. $45,000 Is Sale Price. The three-story brick Weaver Hotel, located on the south side of Washing ton street not far west of King street, was purchased from Lloyd F. Weaver, of San Francisco, last week by O. M. Smith, president of the Smith Invest ment Company, for $46,000. The build ing is divided into 28 bachelor apart ments with supplementary rooms. The sale was handled by Newton W. Round- " ' Oregon ' tree. The building was built three at the Oregon. After a stay of a year here the family took up their residence on the place near Bayvlew John J. Briggs was the son of Ben jamin and Mary Briggs. He is sur vived by two sisters and four children. Miss Aldura and James, at Bayvlew; Frank, of Toledo, Or., and Edward, a miner at Juneau. Alaska. Mr. Briggs was a lover of nature and his greatest delight was in planting and caring for his orchard. PERS0NALMENTI0N. G. W. Parman, of Condon, is at the Seward. H. G. Campbell, of Dallas, is at the Perkins, J. F. Tates. of Corvallis. is at the Imperial. W. R. Knight, of Corbett, Is at the Nortonla. Mrs. John Kopp, of Corvallis. Is at the Seward. Mrs. J. Wells, of Salem, is at the Multnomah. A. E. Minnchan. of Falls City, is at the Perkins. H. E. Wadsworth, of Chemawa, is at the Imperial J. A. Kutil, of Racine, Wis., is at the Cornelius. H. A. Sprague, of Warrenton, Is at the Nortonla. Emile Marx, a Seattle merchant, is years ago on land 60 by 112 feet in dimension. Florence to Have Jfew Hotel. E. H. Johnson, of Canby, Is registered at the Carlton. L. M. Wlttoetf. of Grants Pass, is at the Multnomah. Mrs. Robert E. Smith, of Roseburg, Ormond Bean. Eugene representa-1 i at the Seward. tive of the Portland architectural firm Mr- and Mrs. S. W. Josse, of Salem, or Lawrence x tionora, nas corapieiwi i are at tne Carlton. plans for the erection of a two-story md basement irame notei Duiioing 10 be built at Florence. The estimated cost of the building is $15,000. It will Mr. and Mrs. J. Branch, of Seattle, are at the Nortonla. C. L. MacKenzie, of Dallas, Is regis nave 50 room; Work' win begin on tered at the Oregon. the basement, immediately, the plan being to have It completed by May. Mrs. Grace Benefiel CotterilL of Seattle, was in Portland a short time Samuel White, of Portland. Is among the recent arrivals at Hotel Clark, Loa Angeles. Professor F. G. G. Schmidt, of the University of Oregon, is, registered at mer jorneuus. J. J. Crowley, with Mrs. Crowley and their daughter, are registered at the Nortonla from San Francisco. Ernest G. Hopson, supervising en- SALOONS LAYING PLANS NINETEEN LIQUOR DEALERS VANCOUVER TO CLOSE. IN General Shift In Business Looked for When Good Corners Housing Drink Ins; Places Are Vacated. - VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) Already the effects of the local option election, which carried Van- gineer of the Pacific District. United couver by a majority of 414 last Tues States Reclamation Service, left for Truckee and Orland, Cal., last night in company with General William L. Mar shall, consulting engineer of the De partment of the Interior, with whom he will Inspect the California projects. Charles R. Paul, of Chicago, is in Portland, registered at the Multnomah Hotel. CHICAGO. Nov. 7. (Special.) The following from Oregon aro registered at Chicago hotels: Oakland Congress, J. Irving- Potter, C. H. King. Astoria Congress, Mrs. George Fla- vel. Miss Nellie Flavel; La Salle, F. C Harley. Xorth Dakotans Sleet Tomorrow. The North Dakota Society will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in room H. Central Library. A literary pro gramme will be given. All former res idents of that state are invited. if-'. - WY;- " s S ' jf .. Miriam and Stanlev M. Schiller, children of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Schiller, are both excentlonally attractive types. Little Miriam is an ' ex ceedingly bright child. 5V4 years old, with marvelous eyes, fringed with heavy curling lashes. She is a lovable ai)d natural little girl, wnn a aee mm of humor. temDered with obedience. Stanley is 1 year old and is also beautiful child. 'He recently won a prize at the baby show at tho Manufac turerers' and Land Products Show at t he Armory, day, are beginning to be felt. Seven teen saloon-keepers and two family liquor houses are preparing to sell or dispose of their fixtures, and have be gun to lay plans to leave the city, or to procure other employment or business. Circulation of a petition asking that Vancouver be declared dry under the tate-wide prohibition measure, instead of under local option, has been sug- ested and many have expressed them selves in favor of this. With local option in force here January 1. 1915, Vancouver will be dry a year earlier than Portland. The assertion is made that this is unfair, but. on the other and, the drys maintain the period of eadjustment, if started at the earliest possible moment, will be over Just that much sooner, and that with Vancouver dry for a year before the remainder of the state, or Oregon, Vancouver will be Just a year ahead of other com munities affected by state-wide prohibi tion only. It is believed the petition will not be circulated and that local option will be enforced strictly. The Star Brewery, being in Van couver, will be compelled to cease the manufacture of beer January 1, 1916. To supply the local demand, it is un derstood, the brewery will be com pelled to ship beer into Oregon terri tory and then reship to Vancouver, to comply with the interstate law. Half of the saloons in the city oc cupy fine corners, and it is thought that these will be occupied at once by other businesses, now in the city, which will be moved as soon as the change can be made. As both Oregon and Washington went so strongly on record in favor of prohibition, the-majority of people are well satisfied, much more so than if only one state had voted in favor of the bill The ' question of reimbursing the saloon-keepers for the portions of their licenses paid in advance beyond Janu ary 1. 191a, has to be met by the City Council at once: There is not money enough in the treasury now to do this and the budget for 1915 did not make allowances for the loss of about $18.- 000 revenue from the saloon licenses. Mayor Crass, however, said today that this can be met by pruning down the cost of operating the city government. More than this amount was saved to the city by economy, and It is declared the streets of Vancouver are the best- kept of any city in the state. ers. wholesale confectioners at 722-728 West Monroe street. One of these ways not so well known is the promptness with which the government pays its debts. Mr. Bunte exhibited a letter from an agent of the military commission in Stuttgart, informing him that 12,000 marks had been deposited to his credit in a German bank by the-government. "I keep an automobile in a garage in Stuttgart," he said, "for I go to Europe every year to see my daughters and five grandchildren. I went to Europe and was caught in the war. My auto mobile, which cost me 14.000 marks, was commandeered by the government for use in the army. Two days later the military commission paid 12,000 marks for the automobile. I had used the automobile for a year, and this was a good price." friends. Mrs. Lllburn was formerly a member of the Portland Progress Club, and the members entertained her dur ing her stay in Portland. A young professional man is inclined to overlook the word ethics. MEN USE BREAST ARMOR nates impenetrable at Average Range of Modern Rifle. PARIS, Oct. 27. A correspondent of the Journal states that the French in fantry has recently gained much ground in the Argonne region through the use of a steel breastplate, which. though unable to resist & point-blank bullet, is nevertheless Impenetrable at a range which permits the troops to pause Derore the last rush with the bayonet. The Russian Government had decided to adopt- the breastplate at the outbreak of the war. and placed im mense orders with a factory at St. Hllaire de Harcouet which has the ex elusive manufacturing rights. The French Government has ordered a vast quantity also, and has released the reservists employed in the factory, which Is busy night and day. A NEW SONG WITH A PECULIAR IDEA Has a Love Secret Hidden Between the Lines. New York has a new song which is said to be one of the oddest things written In a long time. It is called, "I'm Going to Tell Your Mother" and is full of smiles and surprices until the last line Is reached. We can only quote a part of the chorus for the reader must guess for himself, or herself, what the secret is. Here is part of the re train: I'M GOING TO TELL , YOUR MOTHER Jni jSn' to tell your noth -"Ir,'' J Some tiling jY know a -bout you, I think she ought to know. For it's a - bout your beau ; Mrs. I.irtrarra Returns to Roseburg. Mrs. A. J. Lilburn, who was the chaperone for the Roseburg Queen of the Manufacturers' and Land Products Shitv. l.ft for hsi- Tnnma -v -mt t-X n v . ftr passing two weeks among her Portland were eageny eeizeq oy tno --v- 1 am goin' to tell her all a - bout your Cnriickt MM Hwm H. mUI4 , The question is: What did he tell her mother? The song has only been out a few days, but the printers are unable to issue it fast enough. The few advance copies that reached Portland yesterday CHAPLAIN IS 'ENTERTAINER United States Gives Army Spiritual Advisers New Tasks. WASHINGTON. Oct 30 Army Chap lains this Winter will have to play the role of official entertainers for the soldiers in the United States Army. To enable them to do this about $80,000 will be expended soon on amusement outfits. Each chaplain will be furnished with a tent, and his show properties will consist of a moving-picture machine, stereopticon outfit, and a phonograph. These articles will be furnished by the War Department, but most regi ments will have pianos and many of them orchestras to assist the chaplain. KAISER PAYS PROMPTLY Government Sends Check for Com mandeered Auto In Two Days. CHICAGO, Nov. 2. The efficiency of the German government is shown in more ways than one according to Ferdi nand Bunte, president of Bunte Broth- Neutrality in War Humanity in Suffering Call to the Red Cross Colors Will You Help? The need is urgent. Humanity in distress is ap pealing to you. Winter has already set in and the suffering of wounded soldiers is intense. The Ameri can doctors and nurses already, on the field of battle, rendering aid to the sick and wounded, have been re ceived with open arms. Cheers greet the American Red Cross Flag on every occasion. The doctors and nurses, whose great services to the suffering are made possible by your subscriptions, called forth the bless ings of every nation in this terrible conflict To keep up this good work the American Red Cross appeals for your aid. Give what you can. The smallest con tribution is welcome. Local Depot for American Red Cross c'MercltanJtae of cJ Merit Only ft