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TITE SUNDAY ORFfiOXIAN, PORTT.Ain), AUGUST 1, 1915. 14 WOO IS GIVEN FORTRADES SCHOOL S. Benson to Build First Unit of East Side Structure if Board Expends Like Sum. OFFER QUICKLY ACCEPTED Donator 'Explains That Ills Idea Is 'oC to Relieve Taxpaers. bat to Provide Opportunities for Children, Denied to Him. B. Benson, wealthy lumberman, rood roads enthusiast, high-minded philan thropist and "first cltlsen or the State of Oregon." haa added one more altru istic act to his already lengthy lint. Yesterday morning at a special meet ing of the Pehool Board. In the office NEW TRADE SCHOOL SITE AND ABOVB SITB FOR NEW TRADE of E. E. Coovert In the Teon building. Mr. Benson offered to the School Board of District No. 1 1 100,000 for the con struction of the first unit of the trades school buildings that are to be erected on the East Side. Mr. Benson's offer came as a com plete surprise to the members of the board. Tha donation was made on condition that a like aura be raised by the board during the year 11. to bo used In the construction of the second unit of the trades school building, but there will bi no difficulty experienced In com plying with this requirement. Acceptance Is Prasapt. The members of the board enthusi astically attached their signatures to the official acceptance. "Greatest day In the history of edu cation In the West. was the exclama tion of la R Alderman. City Superin tendent. M. a. Munly. chairman of the board, made the speech of acceptance In behalf of the board and derlared that Mr. Benson's act wss "unparal leled In tha history of education in the city and one .of the greatest acts of philanthropy on record In the state. "It Is true." said Mr. Munly. "thst the schools have been left large onu by will, but Mr. Benson's gift Is with out parallel." Mr. Plummer also expressed himself, saying: "I am proud to be a member of the board on such an occasion as this." In making the donation Mr. Benson said that he had not had the advan tage either of a classical or trade edu cation when be was a boy and he was making the gift "for the benefit of the boys and girls of Portland and not for the benefit of the taxpayers." Con tinuing, ne said. "I appreciate the val ue of an education and the knowledge of a trade and I am glad to help the boys snd girls get a start In the proper way." Girt la Explained. Following was the offer made by Mr. Benson: -Members of School Board. District No. 1 Gentlemen: "I herewith offer to donate to your district J 100.000 for the purpose of building the first .unit of trades school buildings on the site recently pur chased by you. construction to begin Immediately and the cost of same to be advanced by me from time to time on request of your board as needed for aid purpose, on 30 days notice. In amounts of 115.000. until the entire f 100.000 Is expended. "This donation Is upon the express condition that your district will con tract to expend at least 1100.000 dur ing 1$1 for the construction of the second unit of said traces school. "Tours truly. "S. BENSOX." The site of the trades school is from East Twelfth to East Fifteenth streets and from East Irving to East Glisan streets. Inclusive, with a power plant located at East Thirteenth and Oregon streets. WIFE MAKES BID FOR PEACE Cash. Fare and l"arm Concessions Offered for Ketnrn Home. Peace negotiations between a dis cordant couple have begun In the ad vertising columns of the newspapers. Offering concessions In property, farm products and a cash ln-enit-.tty of S100 as a basis for a treaty with the hus band who has left her. Mrs. E. E. Moore, of Woodland. Wash., has had published the following notice: "I will give my husband. Mr. E. E. Moore. I1P0 and pay his way home and the crops and three calves, one year ling, one cow and half the pigs and port of the place If he'll come home, lis always shall have a home. "MRS. E. E. MOORE. -Woodland. Wash." BRYAN PROFITS BY VISIT Ley-tare at Albany Reported to Have Brought in $500. While ax-Secretary Bryan received no fee for hla lecture at the Helllg on Friday night, bis trip to Oregon was not entirely profitless. It Is understood that he was given S2S4 for his Chautauqua lecture at Al bany In addition to a percentage of the proceeds, which netted him approxi mately tSO more. The Pacific Coast Reewua and frotectlva Society, under 1 ;". iJ'":-. .,' ' - ,'. . - ' -M-,T'''-' '--a-iv- .,&i,.jj the auspices of which he spoke on Fri day n!g-nt. paid only his personal ex penses In Portland. The entire receipts at the Helllg were ftlO.76. The expenses; Including; Mr. Bryan's expenses, rent of the theater, orchestra, advertising- and all were tZ32.:i. An aggregate of 1S7.S0 had to he deducted also for complimentary tickets issued. This leaves a net profit of $(31 for the society. The money will be used In the work at the Albertlna Kerr Nur sery . Home, the Portland Commons Prison Lrarue, tha Louise Home for Girls and the Portland Commons Home. 11 of which are conducted by this or ganization. ' JEWELERS' HEAD IN CITY T. Combs, or . Omaha, Comes for Oregon Convention. T. Combs, of Omaha. Neb., president of the American Retail ' Jewelers' As sociation, arrived In Portland last night. He Is accompanied by Colonel John L. Shepherd, of New York, one of the best-known men In the jewelry business. Both' are here to attend the annual convention of the Oregon. Retail Jewelers Association that convenes In this city August . They arrived early with a view to visiting the Columtfia Highway, polnta In the Willamette Val ley and cities In Washington. This Is the eighth annual convention of the Oregon retail Jewelers, and the prsldent. L K. Staples, predicts a record attendance. There are between 140 and ISO members in the state organization: All retail jewelers In the state who are PORTLAND CITIZEN WHO YESTERDAY GAVE $100,000 TOWARD FURTHERANCE Or SLUOUU. SCHOOL. RAST TWELFTH TO F.AST IRVING TO EAST OLI9A.V STREETS. exclusive jewelry dealers are eligible to membership. It la the statement of Mr. Staples that ona of the greatest purposes of the organisation is the establishment of the highest principles smong retail jewelers so that the public will be sure of the quality of the goods hsndled by any member of It. On the programme for the first day are addresses by Mr. Combs, Colonel Shepherd. "The Jewelers' friend." and XV. F. Woodward, of the firm of Woodard. Clarke Co. , Auditor Has Narrow Escape. f 1-II T A fx I 11.' K Ti.lv 1 fKn at eial.) County Auditor Blanche Heron had a narrow escape irora senous in jury or death yesterday. Miss Heron was engaged in burning old election ...... TVl.k -r nf ..turn, la an Inking pad and Miss Heron decided . ..... ,h.m Whan ih. r.rhH tn take the pad from the bag containing tne fusel jsiana returns sw puifooiru box fell to pieces and 3 .44 cartridges .n . h mi- in.r.iif tit Into the stove. How these came to be sent is a mystery. A description or Tlfls says thst TO Isn liucn are spoken there. The many races mln!. but show no ilrni of combining. The Csar of RuMla is said to refer to this plac aa a "pearl of the Russian cro-n." ENGRAVED COUNCIL RESOLUTION IS PREPARED FOR S. BENSON. wsU CITYOFPORTLAND, S v XT s... it. - s t ARTISTICALLY PENNED DOCUMENT THANKINO DONOR FOR BENSON PARK PROPERTY. An artistically engraved copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council thanking S. Benson for the gift to the city of Benson Park, surrounding Gordon Falls, haa been prepared and will be framed and presented to Mr. Benson. The resolution waa signed up yes terday by members of the Council and City Auditor Barbur. The gift of the park property was made In June, at which time the reso lution waa adopted. J A. Wesco wss engaged to engrave a copy of the resolution to present to Mr. Benson. The entire resolution waa written by Mr. Wesco. , TRIP INTO MEXICO T Colonel Hofer Describes Inva sion of Land of Ruins and Sentiment. OLD MISSIONS ARE VISITED Spirit of Reverence) and Awe Sweeps OTer Party at Place) Where First Indians Became Christians and Flag Raised. BT COLONEL. E. HOFER. BAN DIEOO, CaL, July Si. (Special.) Te San Diego via Riverside and the foothill route. 170 miles, and back by the coast route, ISO miles, is prob ably the finest piece of National mo toring In the United States. To Rlver- FIFTEENTH STREET. FROM EAST side, the original home of the seedless navel orange, 60 miles of citrus or chards, suburban towns and beautiful homes. Is a straight easterly drive to wards the San Bernardino Mountains, glittering In the brilliant sunshine. At Riverside are still these parent trees, preserved as almost sacred, priceless relics of human enterprise. From Riverside we follow the Santa Fe Railroad In concrete roadways via Fer ris and Marietta. Along these concrete foundations are deliveries of finely crushed material to construct the bl tumlnous surface. We passed all one forenoon riding over the valleys leading to the great mountain range to the south and then crossed over a ridge of hills to Temecu lo. There were abundant Spring rains snd fine grain crops hsve been har vested. There Is natural road material in this region, and what the secretary of the Southern California Automobile Club Informed us, the finest dirt roads In the United States are those between Los Angeles and San Diego, proved true. ITeavea for Motoriag Ho and. Los Angeles is the veritable heaven on earth of the automoblllst, Sunday morning we drove to Santa Monica Beach from Pasadena via Hollywood, 40 miles of regular silk-finish pave- - j -"X . ' "aji"W.)aJ II I' I j ISSSIs S) VHsfSBSkS OS PICTURESQUE ment 30 to 90 feet wide and thronged with such wealth of motor-driven ve hicles as the world did not dream of 20 years, ago. The parade of luxurious cars cannot be surpassed In any Amer ican or foreign city. Here are cars of all colors and from all states in the Union. Thousands of cars are shipped here by their owners from the Esst and are never driven off the - pave ments. Many carry colored chauffeurs, and some Japanese. The colored driver of the auto is the legitimate successor of the Pullman porter and dining car man. Motor cars at the beaches or on Washington and Wiltshire boulevards are surely not to be numbered. These streets and Pasadena avenue to Long Beach, and the new boulevard through Topango Canyon are driven over by thousands of cars daily and at speed practically without limit. Of course reckless drivers are arrested, but the actual practice Is to penalise the snail. A friend who represents the Apperson branch at Los Angeles took us out. and to ssy that there were no snails on Flgueroa avenue out towards the ex position park is putting It mild. Sceale Rides Are Kusaerous, Los Angeles and San Diego both have wonderful inviting possibilities for mo toring. They are- in the same class with Portland In affording opportunity for long reaches of avenues and bou levards, and at the same time plenty of chances for scenic highways. But the California towns have made more hay In these meadows than Portland. Forty miles out from San Diego the Camina Real is paved, but by the inland route we travel a fine, well-graded highway. Before reaching Escandido there are routes across to Oceanslde, and thence Into the bluest bay In the world by the seashore pavement. The last .20 miles into the Harbor of the Sun are over gracious grades and grow in interest as the last canyon rises from the riverbed at the head of the bay and come down Univer sity avenue to the hotel section. Alter dinner we motored out to Point Loma, headquarters of the International Theosophlcal Association. It is a night ride of magical effects. , At Los Angeles we begin to realize Mexico. One whole city park is given up to Mexicans. From this on south we pass Mexicans every few miles on horseback and pass adobe houses and even snug modern bungalows occupied by our brown-skinned neighbors to the south of us. Monoplane Sails Overhead. As we toured out of San Diego for Mexico a monoplane sailed over us headed out for the Pacific It is a sport that has become quite the rage of these southern cities. There is a Govern ment aviation station at San Diego. Los Angeles air fiends fly from their homes in the suburbs to take dinner at their country clubs. Their last trip is always made in an ambulance or a hearse. It is also safe and a favorite way of touring into Mexico. To Tiajuana we go south 16 miles through National City to the boundaries of the land of sentiment, mystery and Intrigue, which had wealth and clvlllza tlon when the Jamestown colonists lived In mud-plastered huts. Tiajuana la advertised as a Mexican Monte Carlo, has bullfights every week In the year, and the Mayor, who welcomed us. was dressed as a toreador. The drive down the coast through the lemon groves Is delightful. Wo had left the airship far behind. Point Loma was a blue line far to the north as iwe crossed the line into Mexico. Ahead was the mescal, the faro tables; customs officials and the land of revolution. We passed a big motorcar loaded with col ored men going to the Tiajuana county fair. .On one side of the line wave the Stars and Stripes snd the rural mall carrier plods over his route. The fields are planted with American spineless cac tus. Across the line ail the cactus has spines. On one side fine highways are building. Right alongside is the ragged edge of a ragged republic. Of course. It Is largely sentiment and imagination, but the country looks dif ferent immediately you cross the Mex ican line. Fort Is BnlH of Brick. We leave our only protection, an un loaded Smith & Wesson, In the hands of the American customs officer, pass the Mexican officials and we are under Villa, Carransa, Huerta, Angelus. or the subprefecto polltica. or whoever may be the president pro tempore of the republic The name, of Porflrio Dias is still over the Mexican customs office. The town on the American side Is San Ysidro. Fuerte (fort) Tiajuana is built of brick and has a garrison of one ragged company. They seem to be happy and well fed. sleepy looking lads, but a doggged persistence sticks out all over them. The military band plays at the fair, and is the principal attraction. Poor as they are and distressful as their condition may be under revolu tion, one gets the feeling that this is their country ahd that they cannot help but love it as their own. and that the United States has no business under any circumstances to take it away from them, or that they would ever tolerate foreign subjugation. The Monte Carlo department of Tiajuana is confined to a long, low building, and is run by some low browed Americans, one hailing from Portland. Or., whose family name he did not want mentioned, although some of them are in the printing business. As is usual in. such places, the games are run by a syndicate. To see women stand up to a faro table, a chuck-luck game, or throw dice for money, or Dlay 21 or the. roulette game for hard coin was a new sensation. But they played tne games with a zest and they were Americans. This only proves that the most Intelligent and prudent represen tatives of the fair sex cannot be trusted not to gamble. Gnlde at 81 Hour Declined. For a party of Americans to enter a fortified city of a country at war with out passports would be an unheard-of undertaking in Europe. But we even declined the offers of guides to show us through at 11 an hour. This time gives one a general con cept, but one has no time to study the botanical gardens, the experimen tal farms, tea culture and manv other special features peculiar to Southern California.. '. The decorative effects are Intensely Spanish, a combination of the Italian renaissance, overloaded with the con cept of opulence, the manifestation of material . development, the abundance of wealth following the Spanish discov eries. This art concept pervades the exteriors. The endless arcades are an orange pink, and looking through them the courts have a warm violet atmospheric tinting. The buildings are topped with copper-red cornices, a triple tier of decorations in Moorish effects of the richest Isabellan period. Ancient Amer ican art is made prominent in the Cal ifornia building. Buildings Show Forelsa Ideas. The ancient temples of Central Amer ica and monuments and tablets of pre- Christian civilization show distinct traces of Hindoo, Persian and Egyptian ideas and symbols. There are beautiful symbolic pictures tn the theosophlcal headquarters, be fore reaching the Art building. The first art gallery has rude tile floors, enormous spaces with a single row of pictures on each side, dominated - by collections by Childe. Hassam and Rob ert Henri. Americana The whole en semble is so artistic that a mere arbi trary collection of paintings Is mini mized in effect, as one wanders through the cloistered arcades, cooled on each side by thickets of flowering shrubs and plantations of evergreens. The real art collections are the decorative pot tery in the Archaeological building, where the Indigenous arts produced by the native Americans are found. This Is the srt of prehlstorlo civilization, 'the artistic achievement up to the point where the white man stepped in. arrest ed and destroyed the art tendency that was leading up to higher expressions SCENES MM m MsS : ; I U .1 f .... J m '( cfss jib I dnit - IT2 ra 'nee that might have resulted In Parthe- nons and Pyramids. Around tne neaa oi tne Day, psi mission ruins at Oldtown, past the first palm tree planted In California by Father Junipero Serra in 1769, past Ramona's mafriage place, the old home of the Spanish governor, and past, the big cross where the California Mission was founded. Here Calrlllo named the Indian vil lage Sunnoy, In 1542. and here stands the cross Duiit oy rra j unniciu u rn,,nHot thn first mission July 16, mca hnMin. the first Christian ' a k.niiiin.r th first Indians. and here Colonel Fremont first raised the American flag. We drove our motorcar up the steep vm ....... tri--n-n with hloom. to the foot of the cross and stood in awe and reverence at the cradle or cnrisuamw and civilization on the Pacific Coast, antedating the landing of the Puritans by 80 years. Trees cover aiocs vi tnnrist who rushes in i ... -n .lafirlr. nr motorcar is not UCIfi U" much impressed with the eights or the facts. Ha has all the results of the five centuries of achievement, and the un imaginative New Englander often sus pects that Father Junipero Serra really came up from Mexico with some deep. traitorous design in his heart against our country. The Camina Real winds up the coast past La Jolla (pronounced La Hoya). a prosperous Summer resort on a rocky promontory, dedicated to the Lady of the Mist. The finely graaea roaa. is with trees on both sides, protected with two stakes and wire netting. At in tervals are standpipes to water the -. i. ii 4. 4. .lir- And to SUDUly u huiMfno. thA hard-surface. ffaicr w nii These Californians have promethean foresight for future roaa uevempuioui. Twenty miles north of San Diego we a f nJarp's built down on the ocean beach, with the sea wall for the west slope of tne grade ana iu. surf beating against the completed highway. Parties go 20 miles in their dressed in bathing suits for- a dip In the surf. Beach Ride One of Splenoor. The run along the beach for 70 miles . nn nr mreat sDlendor. The wide blue expanse of the Pacific, the, ame thyst sky, the white lines of surf often -i.ivi. on miiaa ahead, the railroad alongside, the bracing breeze off the salt water, the sun-warmed air, groves of cypress and eucalyptus, towns with palm-lined streets, old churches and modern villas, made a wonderful com posite appeal to tne senses, jx. a , . i tAnaiM nf pnlnr. motion. cpruuittuu uioy-.i scenery and enjoyment handed over to us by nature, in mveiinuu ui . motorcar and the good roads cam paign. San Juan ae uapesnauu imooiuu, midway between San Diego 'and Los i i .. mmt extensive and magnificent of the ruins on the coast. Its great tower, ricn in uuo fell during an earthquake in 1812 and i km. r.ntnr.H . The orteinal adobe walls are now only low mounds. but show tne outlines ano isi.uudui fv.. ninn. Small Darts of the great quadrangle are habitable. One iOW room waa uobu . Instruct .classes of Mexican children in religion. The work was being done i iiinmiicrhrnlTioi manner hv - a young Irish secular priest. The old patois, or enclosed garden, was sur rounded Dy an arcauc. juuolijt iu i u.uo, v... . An wn allies standing with its re tiles covered with ivy. Here the padres walked for exercise in seciuaiou i j . an nf trnniral flowers and 1U1U R " " - r lrults protected from foes human, as well as the heat of the sun or the rains in winter, out me giory oi the garden is gone, let us hope not forever. T-.. i . aa miles are from walnuts to wine, from orange- to pomegranates, through- Santa Anna, Anaheim. Whit- tier. Alharobra, .. Pasadena to Los Angeles. ON AUTOMOBILE TOUR THROUGH P?6io. c'e7e: ?fjFcfciCc?6ongtz- CONVICT SHIP IS DUE Historic Vessel Success Will Be On Exhibit Here. , CRUEL DEVICES DISPLAYED Inhuman Punishment Meted Out to English Prisoners More Than 100 Years Ago Vill Be Demon strated on Board- Ship. Bv manv years the oldest ship afloat, and one that teems with history of a time when the English penal laws were declared. to be a black disgrace to civ iitlnn 'will arrive tn the lower Port land harbor late this afternoon. It Is the convict ship Success, and it comes from San Francisco for a three weeks' stay, during which time the public will be invited to board it and learn the details of criminal punishment of more than a century ago. , The Success was launcnea in muui- I -D-tM.h Tnrlia In 1790. She WSS designed and first used as an armed merchantman and for iz years iraua ported Oriental luxuries from the re i A . v. n c .imn to. all narts of the world. In 1802 the Success was chartered by the British uovernmeni to transport the overflow of criminals t i?nii.h tn Australia.. She served as a criminal transport until 1861, when she was permanenny em tioned at Hobson's Bay, Australia, as a receiving prison. . The brutal treatment accorded pris oners aboard the Success led almost to a revolt by the Australians against the it- 1 1 u r.opommnt nnd she was then used as a women's prison and later as a reformatory ship and an ammunition store. The Suecess Decame an wm bition ship in 1890. The Success is massively duuiui US ' 1 Captain D. H. Smith, of the Con vict' Ship BDCceaa. 'the Oldest ship Afloat, That Will Arrive In Portland This Afternoon. ll ' Q f3 CALIFORNIA solid Burman teak, and the teak panel carvings that were part of the original ornamentation of the ship, are still in a state of perfect preservation. . The original mainmast, also of teak. Is as sound as ever, although it bears tho indent of a cannon ball fired by a ter rified coast guard of Calcutta. The pumps with which the Success was first equipped are also in good working order. All the devices for torture that could be conjured by a vindictive mind are exhibits on board the ship. The branding room, where the prisoners were branded with the "broad arrow," a sign of English ownership; the leg irons, that weigh from 7 to 56 pounds; the spiked collar, the flogging frames, the original cat-o'-nine-tails and ta "iron maiden"; all these were used on board this "ocean hell" to subject re fractory prisoners whose offenses ranged from the stealing of a two penny pork pie to the most brutal mur ders. A great many of England's most notorious criminals did "transporta tion" time on the Success. The famous "Six men of Dorset" were prisoners for years within her darkened cells. Atlantic Voyage Strenuous. The Success came to this country In 1912. When it was announced that the vessel would cross the Atlantic unac companied by a tug or steamer, tho feat was declared impossible. Because of the ship's1 age Lloyds refused Insur ance and the British Government re-fused-lo give the commander clearance. However, she set sail from England on the same day that the Titanic did, and after 96 days of battling arrived in Boston harbor with a half-starved crew. The Success is in command of Its owner. Captain D. H. Smith, who has been with the vessel for eight years. Captain Smith, before taking charpe of the vessel was an officer in the Eng lish navy. FIREMAN'S DEATH DOUBTED Astoria Xow Believes K. V. Pasta w Has Fled City. ASTORIA, Or., July 31. No further Information has been obtained on the mysterious disappearance of Edward W. Pastaw, fireman on the steamer Nabcotta, missing since early Tuesday morning. Chief of Police Houghton yesterday received an answer to his wireless to the United States ship Albany. Inquir ing if Pastaw was aboard that vessel, as some people believed. Commander Alexander replied: "Ship searched and crew carefully mustered. No trace of The belief that Pastaw is not in the Columbia River is growing. .Tha fact that the man Is reported to nave borrowed a considerable sum of money leads the officers to believe that he has skipped. NATIVE OF LINN PASSES Mrs. Ana McKune Is Survived by Son, Brothers and Sisters. ALBANY. Or., July 31. (Special.) Mrs. Anna M. McCune, a native of Linn County, died Friday night at her home near Shedds, at the age -of 61 years. The funeral was held today from the United Presbyterian Church at Shedds. of which she was a mem ber. Mrs. McCune is survived by one son, Kenneth McCune, of Shedds. She also leaves two brothers, W. D. McCormick and Nevin McCormick. both of Shedds, and three sisters: Mrs. J. Davis, of Shedds; Mrs. Couey. of Shedds, and Mis, E. J, Thrift, of Mosier, Or.