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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, FOIiTIiAND, MARCTI 28, 1915. 14 PRIMA DONNA WINS FAME IN REMARKABLE CAREER t FOR COUNCIL SEATS Vera Michelena Becomes Star in "Princess Chic" After Running Away From Home to Seek Fortune in New York' Theatrical World. List of Candidates Expected to Be Swelled, to About 25 by May 17. 2- "iti - .g. . w CHARTER CHANGES ARE UP SEVEN CAMPAIGNING . y n B2Kr" j2 L2 I'rancliise Question Also to Be on Ballot George Baker, J. D." , . Crockrrell, W. Elliott and O. Home on Labor Ticket. Bevtn candidates for the two City Commissionerships to be filled by the voters at the June election are . now in the field openly campaigning and nine others either are on the verge of getting into the race or are permit ting their names to be used as pos sible candidates. It Is expected there will be between 20 and 25 candidates in the field by May 17," which is the final date for en tering. Campaigning is on in full force in all the customary ways. Cards are be Jng circulated, letters are being sent out. the candidates are swarming to public meetings and the glad hand is being distributed freely by candidates. Circulation of the required nominating petitions will be started within a short time. The petitions may be filed at any time between April 28 and May 17. It is anticipated that there will be an early-morning rush for filing on -pril 28. because the names of candi . dates will be placed on the ballot in the order of the filing of the petitions, the first filed to head the list. ' William Adams la In Hare. The candidates who are in the race for sure are William Adams, present City Treasurer; Commissioner Bigelow and Commissioner Brewster. . whose terms will expire July 1 of this year George I Baker, theatrical manager Tjr. George Parrish. George W. Cald well, chairman of the Municipal Civil Service Board, and C. V. Cooper, ex president of the Portland Rotary Club and an -old resident ot Portland.. Those whose names are being used as prospective candidates are Frank S. Grant, ex-City Attorney; Charles tu deen, a meat dealer: J. B. Ziegler, drug cist: Ralnh C. Clyde. ex-City Council man; Sig Sichel, ex-State Senator; J. I Iedwidge, carpenter; William Elliott, ex-City Engineer; J. T. M. Crockwell, electrician, and Oscar vv. Home, bricK laver. George Ia. Baker, J. D. M. Crockwell, "William Elliott and Oscar Home were named tentatively as labor candidates. I-'rom' this list one will be selected for final Indorsement. A. W. Lafferty, ex- Congressman, also received the labor nomination, but he has announced that he will not run because he proposes to seek re-election to Congress two years hence. J. K. Werlein ot to llui. The name 'of J. E. Werleln has been used as a possible candidate, but he declares that he has no intention of beinsr a candidate. He says he has been urged to get into the race, but has refused. J. B. Ziegler says he is not a candidate, but might get into the race If urged sufficiently. No prospective candidates have been named for City Auditor, which position Is to be filled at the election. It is expected that A. I Barbur. who holds the position now. will get through the campaign without competition. Initiative and referendum measures to be submitted to the voters gradually are assuming definite form. Before the Council gets all its questions settled it is expected nearly all the measures that were on the ballot at the special election In December. 1913, will be re submitted. All were killed at that time. Water Ismie to Come Vp. There will come up under the refer endum the question of authorizing the Water Bureau to proceed wun tne in stallation of water meters on all serv ices throughout the city. The referen dum was invoked on this proposal more than a year ago. The question of the Sunday closing of grocery stores also will be up and there may be a question concerning the regulation of the jitney business, all depending upon the action taken bv the City Council. There will also appear on the ballot the question of granting a franchise to the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company for an interurban electric line over East Seventeenth street. Among the measures to be submitted to the voters under the initiative will be a measure prohibiting the carrying of boycott banners: a measure amend ing the city charter regarding the re instatement of city employes; a meas ure providing pensions for C. D. Shane and W. K. Whltcomb. firemen who were disabled prior to the enactment by the voters of the firemen's pension law; a measure making a number of impor tant changes in the Bancroft bonding act. under which are the city finances street and sewer improvements. C V. Cooper, for 35 years a rest dent of Portland, yesterday announced his candidacy for Commissioner. Mr. Cooper never has before been a candidate for office. He has been prom inent In welfare work, having served on the committee of the organizations handling unemployed relief measures. Mr. Cooper was active in the reorgan isation and consolidation of the Port land Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club. In business life Mr. Cooper is financially interested In a number of Portland industries. W. D. STUBBS IS TO ATTEND Illinois Central Officials to Confer in Chicago on Prospects. Vf. r. Stubbs. general agent in Port land for the Illinois Central Railroad, will leave next week for Chicago to attend a conference of officials on the prospects for transcontinental busi ness this year. He will return through New Orleans and California and will visit the San Francisco and San Diego fairs. The Illinois Central has been peculi arly affected through the opening of the Panama Canal. It is one of the premier carriers from the lake re gions to the Gulf of Mexico, having its principal southern terminus at New Orleans. It Is anticipated that large volumes of traffic moving between Chicae-o territory and the Coast will be able to move by rail to and from the gulf ports and by water, through the Canal to and from the Pacific Coast. 1". I.. Botsford Sells Home for $9000. The sale of the home of F. 1 . Bots fcrd. on Elizabeth street at the head of Chapman street, one of the well known residences of Portland Heights, w&a made recently, the purchaser Being Arthur M. Mears, who will tie given immediate, possession. Mr. Botsford, a ttmberman. will move his headquarters to San Francisco. A nominal consideration only is given in the deed to the property, but it is understood the price was approximate ly $9000. The deal was handled by the C'oe A- McKenna, Company. I- - .V. ' -; - - ' 'm.m,0 'JkM iRA MICHELENA, the prima donna with the celebrated "Zieg feld Follies," has had a rather remarkable theatrical career. At the age of 15 she left her home In San Francisco for New York, to make an effort in the direction of the stage. She procured employment in the chorus of the "Princess Chic. which comic opera was scheduled to have its pre mier a fortnight later. On the opening night the manage ment discovered that the California youngster possessed a remarkable voice. The following day she was asked to become the understudy for the prima donna role. As good for tune, or misfortune, would have it, Sat urday of the first week found the real prima donna of the organization Marguerite Sylvia ill, and Miss Mich elena was asked to sing the role. She did, and scored a triumph. So re markable was her singing tnat two weeks later she was made the prima donna of the company. The following season she was pro TO-BE SHOT COAST ARTILLERY CORPS TO ISE FORT STEVENS EQl'lPMEXT, Drill at Month of Columbia to Be Held lider Instruction of Regulars Juae 10 to June 27. The Coast Artillery Corps will hold its coast defense exercises at Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia for 12 days, beginning June 16 and end ing June 27, according to an order is sued by Adjutant-General White. The drill will include practice in the use and firing of the big 16-inch and 12 inch guns at the fort, under the in struction of the men of the regular Army stationed there. The various cal culations in higher mathematics, by neans of which the guns are aimed to ink vessels out of sight of the land. will also be a feature of the drill. The artillery companies, which will take part in the exercises, include those stationed at Albany, Eugene, uonage Grove, Roseburg, Medford, Ashland and Portland. Each of the cities named has one company with the exception of Eu gene, which has two. Culonel Ham- EAST SIDE "MOVIE" HOUSE IS COMPLETED. RICHMO.VD THEATER Bl'ILDIXG. WHICH OPEXBID RECENTLT. The new theater building on the corner of East Thirty-seventh and Caruthers streets, completed by the F. E. Bowman & Co.' for W. W. Work, was opened formally Monday night as the Richmond Thea ter. The structure is of hollow tilo and fireproof construction and cost about $6000. The main body of the building is occupied by a moving-picture auditorium but a considerable area of space in the cor ner of the building has been divided into a store. moted to. stardom, and toured the coun try for several seasons as the star of "Princess Chic" Her next important engagement was in F. Ziegfeld, Jr. s, production of -the "Soul Kiss," with Adeline Genee, the dancer. Miss Mich- alena appeared with the organization two seasons. She was also- prominent in the cast of Charles B. Dillingham's production of the "Girl in the Train. Later she sang in "Alma Where Do You Live." "The Last Chord," and "The Pleasure Seekers." Last year she performed in - vaude ville. Beside Miss Michelena, the cast that is to nresent th& "Ziegfeld Follies' at the Heilig is the, original New York one. It will Include Bert Williams, Leon Errol, Louise Meyers, Edward Wynn, Arthur Deagon, Anna Penning ton, Stella Chatelaine, Gladys Feldman, Johnny Dove, J.- Bernard Dyllyn, May Carman, Jean Barnett, Rose Wertz, Dorothy Godfrey, May Paul, Lottie Ver non, Fawn Conway, Arthur Rose, Ad dison Young and many others. Mr. Ziegfeld also is bringing to Portland the original Broadway beauty chorus of 100: mond, of Eugene, will be in command of the camp at Fort Stevens. Adjutant-General White said yester day that the members of the corps would be put through some compre hensive work in coast defense while at the fort, and that it was expected they would develop a high degree of officiency. "Indications point to a big turnout of the membership' of the various com nanles." he said. A large concrete storehouse is just being completed at the fort by the Government for use in housing the stores and equipment of the Coast Artillery. The structure, which cost $10,000, will be completed In time for use this Summer. Relative to the allowance of ammuni tion for the exercises the order of the Adjutant-General says: "The allowance of sub-caliber am munition will be, for gun companies, 200 rounds per company; for mortar batteries manned by one or two com panies, 13 rounds. W. H. Chapman to Build. W. H. Chapman Is having a $2500 home built on Alblna avenue between Dekum avenue and Bryant street. It will be a story and a . half in size. Umbdenstock & Lar3on are the builders. . The Oregon Home Builders are erecting a one-story garage on East Twenty-fourth and East Hamblet streets to cost $2d0. Cfsa Hv-il tie: H v:mn' - vg,wf 1 lt v---?-- .-.- Completely Furnished, Steinway Grand Piano Attractive Country Home Close to City - Bordering on a beautiful lake, modern 9-room house, with hardwood floors, electric lighted, city water; surrounded by mag nificent grounds, set with large maple, dogwood and fir shade trees ; has strawberries, cherries, apples, raspberries, almonds, fine garden, roses in abundance in fact, you will find everything here that goes to make a complete semi-country home. Hard-surfaced road, 20 minutes to city by auto. Close to Oregon City carline. Owner going to New ork. DORR E. KEASEY & CO., Chamber of Commerce BIdg. PAVING BONDS OPPOSED HABD-StRFACISG COUNTRY ROADS . DECLARED IRRATIONAL. Walter H. Korell Maintains Few Would Derive Benefit From 1,000,000 Outlay. . PORTIAXD, March 27. (To the Edi tor.) I am heartily In sympathy with every movement In the direction of se curing good roads in Oregon. I be lieve liberal appropriations should be made by the taxpayers for this purpose, and I will cheerfully enoourage to the utmost of my ability any- reasonable measure placed before the people which will give us this desired result. I am opposed, however, to mortgaging Mult nomah. County in order to pave, our county roads with hard-surface pave ment, as proposed in the measure now being initiated by several prominent and influential citizens, and I shall re gard the same, if it passes at the spe cial election, as a needless and profli gate waste of the taxpayers" money. The use of hard-surface pavement upon streets within the borders of In corporated cities and towns is gener ally rendered necessary by - certain conditions of traffic present thereon. The same exigencies, however, do not arise in outlying districts. It is not esential or indispensable to the proper and appropriate use of a country road that it should be paved. The commer cial advantage of pavement upon such a highway over a macadamized one, to the farmers, I Insist, is so infinitesimal as to render the Improvement incon sequential, in view of the expense" in cident to making the change. To be more specific, the county roads in Mult nomah County are in good condition and adequate for any or every purpose for which they may or are expected to be used. I do not know of one that a farm wagon or automobile cannot pass over readily with both facility and comfort to the driver. "Positively the only benefits farmers or automobilists will receive, if they are paved, are the same which, you or I shall experience if we purchase an eight-dollar pair of shoes instead- of a five-dollar pair. It is asserted that the improvement is necessary for the farmers. Is this true? Do the farmers use county roads as extensively for marketing their produce as i claimed by the propa gandist championing this . measure? "No" will . unquestionably be your answer if you are a frequent riitor upon them.. Steam and electricity have brought cheap transportation facilities to the very door of the farmer, and it is seldom indeed that they feel In clined to bring their products to mar ket in - a wagon. Take, for example. the Columbia Highway. This is purely a scenic road. Not over two or three farm wagons can be seen upon it any day. in the year.- The rocks abutting upon it are a prolific source of in epiration to the motorist and the na Cure lover, but do tney Dear anytning for the farmer to bring to town? The answer to this question is suggested by merely recurring to the fate of the Open- River - Transportation Company. This concern endeavored to maintain a cheap transportation system along a water route parallel with, the high way. The venture proved -to be a fail ure. Shall we invest several hundred thousand dollars in a project which we know will be of no commercial ad vantage? Can we afford to coddle our selves with such extravagance? If so, who will pay the bill? The expense of maKing the contem plated improvement will fall prin cipally upon Portland, as it pays the biggest portion or the taxes In -Multnomah County. This city is already staggering under a load of approxi mately $29,000,000 of bonded assessments against the property of ita citizens. many of whom retire at night wonder- ng how they will stifle the cries of the persistent and obstreperous coupon clipper clamoring for the family dom icle. Yet, if the proposed measure FOR LEA passes, the people will have voted an other million dollars to their present enormous burden. If the voters pass the measure, what benefit will accrue to the citizens of Portland? Will their property be im proved by the paving of roads miles away from the city? Not at all. The only persons who will enjoy the bene fit of such an expenditure of the mu nicipality's money will be a few fa vored individuals who can afford au tomobiles to visit them, the paving trust and the abutting property own ers. And this raises the question: Shall a magnanimous public spirit and charitable feeling "toward all man kind" induce us to hypothecate our property and mortgage our credit for the edification and pecuniary advantage of these "chosen few?" Shall a plethora of. purpose and paucity of ideas so obsess us as to overcome sober judg emnt and sane thinking in this matter, or will perspicuity and sagacity save us from a precipitous and ill-considered action? " Again, it should be noticed that the farmers are not putting forth any con certed effort to eucourage the passage of this measure. They - are probably looking, with supine indifference, if not dismay, at the attempt being made by our quaquaversal friends to increase their taxes unnecessarily. Of- course, there may be a few whose property abut upon the road to be" improved that would like to have the highway paved without cost to them, but the majority, I believe, regard this measure with disfavor. Aside from these objections, however, there is still another feature to be con sidered in connection with placing hard-surface pavement upon our coun try roads. The filth dropped upon them by passing vehicles will not wear into the ground like it will upon a maca damized road. Consequently, the county must be put to a great expense in keeping a large corps of men and sprinklers at work cleaning them, else the wind -will render driving on the highways unbearable, especially in the Summer. Yours very truly, . WALTER H. KORELL. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY KEPT Poem on Oregon Bead at Sell wood T. M. C. A. Auxiliary Meeting. The fifth anniversary of the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Sellwood Y. M. C. A. was celebrated Wednesday afternoon in the rooms of the local Y. M. C. A. Mrs. W. D. Palmer presided. An impromptu programme was rendered with the fol- l n y i n if states represented: ArKansas, Indiana, Illinois,- Michigan, Kansas, PIONEERS - CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ". AT IA- GRANDE. Mr. and Mrn. W. II. Grand'. LA GRANDE, Or., March 27. (Spe cial.) Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Grandy, pio neers of and residents in La Grande since 1S64, celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary Monday at a dinner at noon at which 30 relatives were present from Eastern Oregon points, and at an informal reception. Mr. Grandy and Lydia Palmer crossed the plains as sweethearts with the Palmer train in 1864 and were married the following Spring by a Cove min ister. Among the sons-in-law. of the esteemed couple is Mayor Palmer, of Baker. . . : TTr ' tHT fSi.'v SE Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, North Da kota, South Dakota, New York. Ten nessee, Texas. Virginia, West Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wiscon sin, Oregon and Canada. Oregon won the prize as the best representation. 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