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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAyP. 3IARCH 23, 1915. 13 PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICT PROBLEMS FACED DAILY BY ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF PORTLAND. CHARITIES ASSISTS An Entertainment VPith- out Equal in Any Grill! The Arcadian Garden offers a splendid entertainment, as well as exceptional cuisine and surroundings. You will find those with whom dining is a fine art partaking of our Sunday Dollar Dinner. It is served from six until eight. Remaining afterwards, youll enjoy a splendid concert in the lobby. Eight-thirty until ten. Besides an already wonderful enter tainment, we are Introducing the celebrated dancer artiste. Report on Work of 4 Months Shows Co-operation by Social Agencies. POSITIONS FOUND FOR 1029 M V ) i i 11 ' I QUARTER ItWWFWfl .Railroads Supply Transportation and Hates to Many Needy Aid Is Rendered in Caring for Homeless Men. 1 The report, of the Associated Chari ties for the lour months ending: Feb ruary 28 shows the largest volume of work ever accomplished during such a period. The number of applicants aided were: November . Iecember ' January February- . . Total 2023 However. 574 were aided from month to month so that the total number of different applicants upplying was' 1449. Of the 1449 applications 485 were single men and f64 were families. The num ber of individuals represented in these families wu 827 adults and 801 chil dren, a total of 3628. Adding the num ber of homeless men to this number tlves a grand total of 4113. In this number were honest laborers out of employment, boys who had run away from home, hundreds where ill ness had incapacitated the breadwin ners, deserted wives, widows, poorly clad school children, old couples and very sort of human unfortunate. Social Agencies Co-operate. More than 50 social agencies in the city co-operated with the Associated Charities, using it as a clearing-house to which they referred cases of need. Among them were: The Mayor's office, l'olice Bureau, Juvenile Court, Port land Commons, Visiting Nurse Associa tion. District Attorney's Office, City Commissioners, People's Institute, the Young Men's Christian Association. Board of Health and Parent-Teacher Association. . In caring for the 111 eight persons were sent to hospitals. 47 to the Port land Free Dispensary, 51 to the Visiting Nurse Association. 16 to the County Physician, 21 to private physicians, four to the North Pacific Dental College and five to the Rotary Dispensary. In supplying material needs groceries were given in 1364 instances, fuel In 212. rent in 28, loans in 12 and tele grams In 53. The clothing department, which Is In charge of Mrs. J. W. Katens, gave shoes and clothing to 809 persons, val ued conservatively at $1247. A valu ablo addition to this line of work has been a cobbler who repairs all second hand shoes sent to the charities. Railroads Show Faith. Hundreds of persons have come to the office asking charity rates and passes to far Eastern points. Not more than 23 per cent of the requests for this privilege are legitimate or ever granted, but the railroads of the North west have faith in the. Associated Char ities and its work, as evinced in the following splendid co-operation: Great Northern, six passes: Northern Pacific, nine passes and three rates: O.-tV. R. & X. Company, nine passes and 17 rates: Oregon Electric, eight passes and three rates: Southern Pacific, three parses and 17 rates; Spokane, Portland i Seattle, 11 passes. In cariner for the homeless men, the co-operation of the Troy Hotel and Salvation Army has been of great as sistance. To the former 182 were sent and to the latter at least 200. Institutional care secured was: Baby Home, one; Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, one: Detention' Home, two: County Poorfarm, two: Woodmere Old Folks Home, Pisgah Home, Salvation Army Rescue Home, one: Scadling House. 14; private homes with rela tives, 11. The total cost of relief given for groceries, rent, fuel and other aid was $6446.18. This does not include any value set upon wearing apparel given from clothing department. TCmployment Applications Many. The ISmploymcnt Bureau found tem porary places for 310 men and. 252 women, permanent places for 169 men and 296 women, a total of 937 for whom employment was found who oth erwise would have been in need of re lief. The Legal Aid Department handled 1J rases, such as adoption, collection of wages, breach of contract, personal injury and property right. Three cases were referred to the Juvenile Court and one to the County Court. Regarding the work of the society for the coming seven months of the fiscal year. President I. N. Fleischner states seven thousand dollars will be needed to care for the needy until November. At present only $300 has been pledged. All the temporary re lief bureaus have closed their doors, or will by April 1. so that the entire burden of relieving the needy will fall upon the Associated Charities. The directors unite in appealing to Port land citizens to assist to the utmost of their ability. The record for the past four months should convince everyone of the splendid work which the Chari ties is accomplishing. Checks should be sent to R. S. How ard, treasurer. Ludd & Tilton Bank. fci' rill V'K Yj r:0TMjt-; "c7- " Us? employ rrteriZ " r It v , MINE EXHIBIT IS AIM ftftJ Mr. Lawrie Heads Commit tee Named by Governor. $25,000 IS FOR RESEARCH In Collecting Display of Oregon Specimens for Fair, $10,000 Is to Be Spent W. C. Fellows and R. M. Bells Members. Vhe committee appointed by Governor Withycombe to co-operate with H. M. Parks, of Corvallis. director of the Oregon Bureau of Mines and Metal lurgy, elected H. N. Lawrie. mining en eine'er of Portland, chairman recently. Other members are W. C. Fellows, man ager of the Ben Harrison mine si nmi-ney;- R. M. Betts, manager of the Cornucopia Mining Company; J. I Woods, manager of the Albany Iron Works, and J. F. Reddy, a mining man of Medford. The duties of the committee are to collect an exhibit of specimens of Ore gon's mineral resources to tie piacea on exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Ex noKltion. tha Legislature having appro priated $10,000 for that purpose, and to spend $25,000, also appropriated for re search in Oregon's mineral deposits and resources. The committee has obtained the c61- lection of F. R. Mellis. of Baker, who was engaged to make furtner addi tions and to accompany the exhibit to San Francisco and remain there until the close of the exposition. It is the purpose of the Commission to have a member remain witn tne exniuii.au the time after May 1. when the exhibit will be on display. The various mem bers will rotate every 30 days. Mr. Lawrie will be present during May. The minerals of Oregon are extremely diverse, Oregon having a greater va riety than any other state in the Union, but the center of attraction no doubt will be the gold specimens, which will represent an intrinsic value of between $15,000 and $20,000. The Commisioners have decided to publish a souvenir edition of the min eral resources of Oregon, which will contain in concentrated form the work done by the bureau in the past two years and published in eight volumes. 'iJr This will be a broad and comprehen sive survey of the mines and minerals of the state. The Commission further plans the expenditure of $25,000 appropriated at the last Legislature for continuance of the work in connection with the mineral resources of the state. CRUISE PLANS COMPLETE MIL1TAME" TO LEAVE OX AI.BAXV . .EARLY OX JCLV 25. 54 ro&Zef7-i &zZ9 Regular . Crew to Have Chnrge Until Open Sea Is Reached .Expoaltion 1 Bi Visited. Details of plans for the cruise of the Oregon Naval Militia on the cruiser Albany in July and August of this year have been completed by Lieutenant Commander Blair, of the militia. . and have been approved by the War De partment. The programme and itinerary indicate that the militiamen will have one of the moat, enjoyable as well as one of the most instructive trips of any yet taken. ' The cruiser Albany will reach Port land July 24 In charge of a crew of regulars from the Bremerton Nary- FOUR MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE NAMED TO COLLECT EXHIBIT OF OREGON MINERAL RESOURCES. TAX INSTALLMENTS ONLY 2 Congestion IWajncd on Attempts to Say Otlicr Than All or Half. "We have a grreat deal of trouble with people who want to pay frac- j tional parts of their taxes.' said Cashier j McCann. of the tax department yester- i day. "A great deal of our congestion ! results from the fact that people don't I understand that they must pay either all or Just half of their taxes. We can't take any other amount but half or all of the tax statement." Teterday was one of the busiest days : thus far encountered in the tax depart ment, March CI is the last day on which taxes are payable without a penalty. 44.940 PHONES ARE ADDED Pacific Stockholders Hear Annual Keporls at San lYanelseo. At the annual meeting of stockhold ers of the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph Company, held recently In San Francisco. reports were submitted showing that during 1914 a total of 44. 940 new telephones were added to the system. This made a. total of 92,933 in operation at the close of th year. The Installation of the new stations required the use of 41.141 miles of wire, aerial, underground and submar- 155 .if 8 let&l 4- . . , . I JliA'aed lei Yards. . The Naval Militia will go aboard early on the morning of July 25, and the start will be made as early as possible. The ship's regular crew will have charge of the ship until she reaches Astoria. On the way down the river the militiamen" will take places in the ship according to assign ment and each man will learn his part of Ihe work. The ship is expected to. reach As toria about 2 P. M. July 25 and to hold a series of drills. At-7 P. M. the same day the ship in charge of the mllita men will leave Astoria and pass out over the bar to the sea. A straight course will be taken to San Diego, with all kinds of drills along the way. Line officers of the militia will take turns in receiving instructions in run ning the ship. f-an Diego will be reached at 7 A. M. July 29, and after a short stop will start out for sea again, to spend that day and part of the next in target practice with the big guns. Return ing to San Diego July 30, a part of the morning will be passed in drill work with boat landings and shore drills of various kinds. In the evening of July 30 the men will be at liberty to go-as they please in San Diego for 36 hours. They will be admitted to the exposition grounds free. Iteturning to the ship August 1 at 10 A. M., the men will prepare to de part. The ship will leave at 11 A. M. and take a straight course to San Fran cisco, arriving there at 7 A. M. Au gust 3.. - A number , of drills will be itaged en route from San Diego to San Kiancisco. Boat drills and drills of other types 'will be held in San Fran .ioo harbor - during the morning of ugust 3. After dinner the men will be given their liberty to visit San Francisco for three days. They will return to the ship at 10 A. M. August 7. and the ship will sail for home at 2 P. M. the same day. arriving in Port land at 4 P. M. August 9. Only trained men will be taken on the cruise. Recruiting is . now . under l way in the Morgan building and will De -continued lor a snort lime. juen enlisted while the recruiting office is opened will be able to learn their work before the cruise is taken, it is said.' The cruise is being held as an induce ment .to young .men who wish naval military training as it is being given by the Naval Militia. On the cruise the men will receive the usual sal aries paid in the Navy. These salaries range from $18 a month for landsmen if tit .nnmnmBBmBBmnmBHBnmBmBBBBBnnmBmmmiamBnmi Miss Olive La Font rianclnsr of Miss La Font Is a delight to all. Her Peer Gynt Suite Is wonderful and shows her perfect understanding of music. Her Shadow Dance Is exquisite and deserving of the spontaneous applause it has been re ceiving." Minneapolis Journal. "An artist of unusual ability ap peared at the Calumet Club when Miss La Kont gave a demonstration of her dancing." Milwaukee Kvening Wiscon sin. "The fascinating Miss I Font is thoroughly familiar with Swedish Folk Dancing, having studied sanif with a graduate of the Royal School of Copenhagen, and a classmate of Adelaide Genee." M 1 n n e a p o Us Tribune. Hotel Multnomah H. C. Bowera, Mgr. I.. P. Iteynolde. Asst. Mar. 1 j I to J77 a month for chief petty officer. The average of $24 a month and subsistence. YOUTH CONFESSES THEFT Boy, Aged 12, (aught With Sacks Full of Plumbing Materials. Caugiit with two sacks full of plumb ing materials that he had taken from vacant houses in Lents, Chester Dar ling, aged 12, of 6623 Eighty-fifth street Southeast, probably will have to an- NEW LYRIC Fourth and Stark Sts. Now playing only the best of vaudeville and first-run cen sored Films. Three Days, Commencing Today EARL REINER & COMPANY. "The Sporting Editor." HECKLOW & DUVAL In a comedy melange. ZENITA with her diamond violin and Six Reels of First-Run Photo plays, featuring The STRENGTH of the WEAK A gripping two-reel Essanay. Continuous Performance from 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. 5c and 10c Extra Amateurs Tuesday and Friday Nights. swer to the Juvenile Court for the of fense. A warrant for the arrest of William Kenoyer, of Lents, who pur chased the Junk for 50 cents, according to the boy, may be sworn out tomorrow, but this is un'ikely, as Kenoyer is not thought to have known the goods 'vere stolen. Patrolman Wilson made the arrest. A companion of the same age as Darling Is being sought Darling admitted the thefts. He said the other boy told him where the plumbing was. War Tax on Locks Seal to Be $375 Revenue stamps to the value of $375 must be affixed to the dtd transfer ring the Oregon City locks and ship canal from the Portland Railway. Light Si Power Company to the Government. This was the decision or the Depart ment of Justice at Washington, made known to I'nlted States Attorney Reames In a telegram received yester day. The purchase price In $375. 009 and the stamps fixed by the prevailing war tax make a snug profit for the Government on tho transaction. The streetcar company notified Mr. Rcame that the stamps will bo bought and at tached as required. There are no Impregnsbl" trun-hes for tho? who dnn't know. , San Francisco GEARY AT TAYLOR Bellevue Hotel 10 minutes to Exposition without transfer. Built of concrete and steel. Private bath to every room. First class in every detail. i&r I; Entire Neve Management. B V I I Newly decoraled and n I furnished throughout. I i --, f 1.00 per Dsyaodsp I NEW YORK TO FRISCO Decorate your suitcase with 10 gummed labels of leading hotels from Coast to Coast and he a regular tourist. 25c postpaid. Panama Expo. Stickers and postcards free If you mention this paper.. Hotel Sen-Ice To.. 222. E-IO". Cleveland. Motel Brttmr lira ST,. BETWEEN MORRISON AND YAMHILL Telephone Main 4226 Clean and cozy rooms in a very desirable downiown locality, with hot and cold water, medicine and toilet cabinets, large closets, full-length dressing mirrors, com fortable beds, large tiled baths and free telephones. RATES WITH BATH PRIVILEGE By the Day , By the Week By the Month $1.00 $5.00 $17.50 and $20 RATES WITH PRIVATE BATH By the Day By the Week By the Months $1.50 . $5.50 and $6 $22.50 and $25 Afternoon Musicals This coming week the ever popular Musicals, held in the Eilcrs Recital Hall by the Eilers Talking Machine Company, will present a very attractive programme by artists who are associated with the Edison and Columbia Phonograph Companies. Miss Laura Shea, well known in Portland as a dainty dancer with a very sweet voice, will give Indian and Irish character songs in costume. Miss Hortense Williams will present little Doris and Errol Thil lips in a Chinese dance from Chin Chin, the first three days of the week, and commencing on Thursday little Miss Dorris Holman will give an exquisite dance to MacDowell's setting of "To a Wild Rose." Following is a programme, the variety of which will appeal to all who are either artistically or musically inclined. PROGRAM Cavalleria Rusticana, intermezzo Mascagni Edison Disc Machine. Sing, Smile. Slumber.. . . Oounod Alessanuro Bonci. (a) From the Land of the Sky lilue Water (song i . Cadnmn (b) From an Indian Lodge (dancel MacDowcll .Miss Laura Shea. Wiegenlied. Piahms VVilher V. Allen. Brindisi (drinking song) Hamlet Ambrolse Oscar Seatt le. To a Wild Rose (Interpretative dance) MscDowrll DoriH Holman. A Little Bit of Heaven !rlh Character Kong Miss Laura Shea. For Tou (duet) Montague Miss Helen Clark, Mr. Vernon Archibald. Violin Obligato, Wllber . Allen. Lc Cygne ( cello solo) s'l ' Pablo Casals. Irish Love Pong i.-yvv l'n,? F.mory B. Randolph. Reuben Fox Trot ...F-dison TXhc rhonogiaph Violin Accompaniment. W. W. Allen: Piano Accompaniment. Mildred Stephenson. F.very Week njr 3:00 to 4iO r. M. Second Floor, Eilers Building, liroadwiy at Alder - . r-. I N- I V -Nl'AiTr-VM The Portland and Its Environment A vine-clad court, with recessed bal conies, broad, open vistas of delight fully pleasant rooms. An atmosphere of repose, yet the gay throngs come and go, filling dining-rooms and par lors with laughter and music. Sunday Table d'Hote Dinner $1 Served five-thirty to eight. Grill Service Noon to 1 A. M. Evening Orchestral Music Geo. C. Ober, Manager. - Jig