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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1915. .. - V " 1 1B REED COLLEGE WILL 'DOLLAR DAY' SPIRIT NOTED VIOLINIST COMING HERE,ON SEPTEMBER 29 Recital Will Mark Early Opening of Steers & Coman Season in Portland This Year Emmy Destinn Also Is to Appear. ALE! SALE! BE OPEN TOMORROW i : ; 1 : zz . t - - . SAL it J m SPREADING RAPIDLY Lighting Fixtures AND Glassware Prices Include Glassware Day Will Be Taken Up With Septembr 23 Is Day Set Aside by Portland Merchants as Boon to Patrons. Registering and Arrang s ing Schedules. ,.,r M ? i, 8 9 FACULTY IS ASSEMBLED SHOPPERS SHOW INTEREST U ffl VA iarge Enrollment Kxpected Dor mitoiics Are Filled Outdoor Welcome for Kreshmen Is Planned. Reed College will open its doors to morrow for the first work of the school year. At 9 o'clock registration will commence and most of the students' time win be taken up In arranging tneir schedules and obtaining: the fac ultles- approval of the subjects they eiect. Regular claaswork will not Degln until Tuesday. J ne enrollment Monflnv win ka large. Many applications for entrance have been rejected because the college refuses to take in any more students than it can accommodate, or any who ..vc nui booq records or scholarship. No definite figures can be ohtntnoH un til the registration is complete but it will in all probability be fully as mi no aa last year, when the enroll ment totaled 213 students. Iteed College will offer several new courses this year. Professor Hudson onago i-tastings, who has been away on a year's leave of absence to Har vard, will return and give Instruc tions in new business courses. Com mercial methods, banking and public iiu;o wjii ue aaaea to the curricu lum. Dr. Bertha S. Stuart h v,. been obtained from the University of vkuu, win Bive me women of the college special courses in gymnastics and assist Mr. Botsford in the direc tion of the normal course in physical cuuraugn. Faculty Is Assembled. Professor Jean Dupertuis, who has i neea irom Colorado College, viii. in addition to the regular courses .ri nencn, give new courses in ele mentary Spanish and Riianlnh III.... ture. If enough students register for the subject he will also give instruc tion in iiaiian. Knowleton, of the University o" Ltah, who is to succeed Dr. Comptoj as head of the physics department; l'rofessor H. D. Danton. of Columbia who will teach German in the absence of J. J. Stahl. and R. D. Leigh, of Bowdom College, who will succeed Arthur A. Wood as instructor in Gov ernment, have all arrived and com menced their work at Reed. All the regular members of the faculty have returned from their Summer vacations. Dormatorles Are Killed. Saturday was a busy day about the college. Students who live in the elormatory were in the throes of mov ing. The dormatortes will be filled, but at the beginning of the year, at least, they will not be uncomfortably crowded. Saturday evening the old students gathered in a big reunion in the as sembly hall of the Arts building. The affair was an informal jollification with reminiscent gossip as the chief entertainment. Work will begin in real earnest Tuesday. Immediately after President Kotter delivers the first chapel ad dress of the year the students wilt file out to the classrooms to start the long grind of the first semester. Monday night an outdoor welcome for the freshmen will be held. . There will be a campfire. sack races and other events. JUDGE IS COMMENDED Xnvul , Lieutenant Pleased at Mr. Gnntenbein's Words to Youtli. Lieutenant R. R. Smith, of the Naval Recruiting Station in Portland, has written to Circuit Judge Gantenbein commenoing his remarks about send ing youthful offenders to the Navy. The letter says: "I note In The'Oregonian this morn ing that in disposing of the case of T.oui.s Feldman. aged 17, that you in formed this young man the Navy was no dumping ground for boys of his stamp. It gives roe a great deal of pleasure to note that some Judges do rot regard the Navy as a handy means of disposing of incorriglbles. We hope the time will come when all Judges will realize that the Navy Department is up in arms against the sentencing of incoirlgibles to the Navy. There have been too many occasions of late when the department or its representatives, acting under the department's Instruc tions, have had to come down rather hard on several judges for this particu lar offense. Permit me to express mv appreciation of your action in this mat ter.'' Judge Gantenbein had remarked that the place for such a boy as young Feld man was on board some ship where the captain enforced strict discipline, but that the Navy was no dumping ground for such as he, and most of the merchant vessels were bound for the war zone. "WATCH PARTY" ENDS TIES Mrs. Asper Says tslie Found Hostess on Husband's Lap. A New Tear's watch party culminated In a divorce suit yesterday, when Mrs. Amy Pearl Asper filed suit for separa tion from Charle J. Asper, whom she married In Kansas in 1S98. Last New Tear's, says Mrs. Asper. her husband went to the home of a friend In St. Johns to watch the old year out and the new year in. Mrs. Asper returned home late in the even ing and found that her husband was not there. She went to the home of the "friend." whose name is not men tioned, and. she declares, found the "lady of the house" sitting on her hus band's lap. When Mr. Asper returned to his own home, she says, she told him what she had seen, and he de nied it. DOG POUND TRANSFER DUE Jc-gotiations Opened With City by Humane Society. "'sotiations have been opened for the taking over by the Oregon Humane Society of the Portland dog pound, in accordance' with a measure adopted by the voters last June. Officials of the society have written Mayor Albee ask ing him to have the Council consider the proposition and decide upon the terms of the transfer. The measure adopted by the voters gives the Council the power to transfer the pound to the humane society on terms that the Council may deem prop, er. Mayor Albee will bring the propo sition to a head within a short time. f '' i x- t- ' ' r - x " ' . t i - :Tx ' i iillllliilt t ' ' ' X - t 'mmmywmmm "J . , ' ' t i 1 -. - - i i V- ' w ,.v . I . t i v - u x .- - n - i ? - - j I ' XC - i ' I ''- $ f ' " ' ' s i t ' , ' 'I V ' I ,'- i ' - ' t I . 4 f " tl - If t :rm 'y t U r . ' ' ' ' - it J . 1- I I t-, - ' f ' J 1K1U IvKUSLUlt. i : THE early opening of the Steers & Coman season this year, Septem ber 27, is the occasion of much pleasant comment among musical peo ple. Everyone agrees that it would have been utterly unforgivable to have permitted Kreisler, the world's greatest violinist, to pass Portland by this sea son, simply because September happens to be the only time he could visit this part of the world on his great tour.. His coming recital is being hailed with" delight, for much has been said about the marvelous development of his genius during the past year as regards temperament and the emotional ele ment. A favorite prima donna of the Metro politan will make her debut this season in Portland. Miss Emmv Destinn. whose delightful quality of voice has won such rapturous praise from Puc cini, and brought her such acclaim in the music centers of the world, for tunately has been obtained for a song recital in the near future. It was for her that Puccini wrote his fascinating SCHOOL ROLLS NORMAL nBGISTBATIOar IS PRACTICALLY SAME AS LAST YEAR Rise In Knmber by Incorporation of St. Johns and Llanton Is Considered In Compilations. Eliminating the thousand pupils that are enrolled in Portland schools this year as the result of the incorporation of St. Johns and Linnton within the city, limits, registration in the Port land schools to date is practically what it was last year. For the first hree days of 1914 25.- 203 students presented themselves for enrollment in all the Portland schools, and for the first three days of 1915 26, 6T4 applied for admission. This last figure .includes the St. Johns and the Linnton districts. Another item that would indicate this year's registration as very little ot an Increase over that of last year is the fact that the smallpox scare in the Lents schools kept most of the stu dents away for the first week. Wood- PORTLAND COUPLE ARE MAKING VAUDEVILLE DEBUT HERE. From giving one's services gratis at entertainments and public gath erings to commercializing one's talents and getting paid for it is the big step Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Scott have taken. Vaudeville has tempted them and they have listened to Its call, backed by the honest admiration and interest of a legion of friends, who know of the talents of the two Scotts. This afternoon they make their vaudeville debut In a sketch, with mu sical interpolations, written by Lyn Udahl. who has a dozen popular suc cesses in songs to his credit. The sketch is called "To the Front," and Mr. and Mrs, Scott will be billed a "The Scotts.". opera. "The Girl of the Golden West" and she is pronounced the only soprano who can do justice to the role of Madame Butterfly. The memory of what was, in the opinion of many, the most enjoyable music ever heard in Portland, that of the Kneisel String quartet, will soon be transformed into a vital reality, for this most famous organization of its Kind after an absence of 10 years, will revisit the Pacific Coast, Steers & oman Having a contract with them for one concert in this citv. Johanna Gadski, representing all that is heroic and uplifting in dramatic song ana grana opera, will De heard in re cital. The inspiration of her wonderful voice and personality is perhaps the climax of musical delight. Rosenthal, placed above Paderewskl and every other living pianist by many connoisseurs in music, who has also ab sented himself from our shores for eight years, will be heard here this yy inter, an announcement that is arous ing great enthusiasm. mere this time last year had but 138 pupils enrolled and Friday had 441. Arleta also suffered from the scare, as last year's enrollment to date was 343 and this year it is 005. r In the five high schools of Portland there are registered 4480 students di vided as follows: Franklin, 436; James John. 120; Jefferson, 1411; Lincoln, 1293, and Washington, 1220. This shows an increase of more than BOO over last year, exclusive of the James John High. POLICE SEEKING PEDDLERS Japanese AVith Alleged Smuggled Lncn Declared Violator. If a Japanese peddler comes to your door and asks you to buy some "gen uine Irish linen." which he has smug gled into the country and therefore can sell cheap, don't take any chances call the police. The "linen" is mer cerized cambric, and the Japanese is peddling without a license. License Collector Hutchinson said yesterday that the peddlers are going the rounds and are fakirs. He has been triying to catch them, but has been unable so far. He says they carry their "linen" under their coats. Eacli Store in Campaign Will Offer One or More . Articles at Less Than Actual Value Many In quiries Are Made Dally. The rolling dollar that financiers write about is coming home September 23 "Collar day" in Portland retail stores. Some of the tales that could be told by the dollars that will rattle1 In the cash registers that day would be of mansions built. in the big cities for the use of families of the mail or der kings; some of them could reveal strange hiding places, and some of them could tell stories of activities that would be astonishing. It appears to be -a certain thing that the general story of Dollar day is go ing to be a grand hallelujah among business men and shoppers. Merchant Catch Spirit. . The merchants are getting the spirit of Dollar day, and it may be 'predicted, according to Charles "F. Berg, general chairman, that the larger number of retail houses in the city will be among the participants. Already a tremendous Interest in Dollar day is being manifested by the shopping people. Inquiries are coming to general headquarters at the Cham ber of Commerce in unusual numbers. Some Inquirers want to know If it is really true that they can purchase goods for $1 that sell at. all other times for a good deal more than that sum. One woman wanted to know if it was a lottery. Another wanted to inquire if she would be limited to one pur chase amounting to fl. Substantial Interest Indicated. T. L. Adams, of Kennard & Adams, was asked if a customer could pick out "It all indicates a substantial in terest In Dollar day," said Mr. Berg. "All of the questions might be an swered with the statement that Dollar day will be the biggest thing from the viewpoint of the shopper that Port land has ever seen. Every merchant who is participating will offer some special Dargalns, all of them worth Jffivial "llollnr-UnT" Kmblem Adopted by Committee In t harce of September 23 Pro gramme more than $1, but sold for that day only at the unit price. It may be ono article or a number of articles com bined into a one dollar bargain, but the value will be there. "Merchandising houses where the bargains are to be offered will be sup plied with the red ponnants of the Chamber of Commerce. The pennants can be displayed inside or outside the stores, but unless they are in . plain sight the purchaser will understand that the store has not joined the Re tail Merchants' Bureau campaign." OREGON GETS $69,546.16 Proceeds or Timber Sales in Na tional Forests Are Divided. More than $550,000 is available for the use of states as a result of the sale of timber in National forests dur ing the past fiscal year that ended June 30. This figure represents 35 per cent of the gross receipts of ' the National forests. . The money is divided amone- the states according to the amount of re-, ceipts that they have turned into the rorest service from the sale of timber, water rights and special privileges. Montana, having contributed the larg est amount of receipts, gets the biggest share of the earnings. Oregon will get it tnis amount 49.675.83 will be turned over to the state for county school and road nurooses. and the remaining J19, 870.33 will be used tor building roads and trails for the benefit of local communities. BROTHERS ON SAME JURY Two Brothers Frm 1913 Legislature Also on Panel at "Albany. ALBANY", fir. Kr It .!, . . - ... i , . mi.; Two brother are sorvinv Jury panel In the state Circuit Court here this term and another coincidence is mat two men who represented Linn C'ounfv in tho 1 1 n 1 1 u t x tives in the Oregon Legislature at the session of 1913 are also on the jury. j iai.n a. runtr, ot naisej. figures in both coincidence Ilia l,w.tl, -nr D. Porter, of Shedds, is on tho Jury and his fellow legislator on the same panel is Charles Childs, of Brownsville. " " uromers were drawn on the same lnrv T TV i, . ., bany, and J. P. Swank, of Tallman in .ner was out or tne county temporarily and cmtlrf . - , u num- moned. MORNING SUN SUSPENDS Former Reporters Levy Attachment for $C0 0 Due for Sen Ices. THE DALLSS. Or.. Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) The Dalles Morning Sun. a dailv newspaper founded in October. 1914, was closed by a Sheriff's attachment today, served by two former employes of the reportorial department of the paper. The employes claim that some thing over 200 is due them for past services. During its brief career the Morning Sun changed hands twice. It was backed during its existence by the members of the local Committ. nt One Hundred. The plant was closed today while it was In operation. The reportorial force was on the streets gathering news and returned to the of fice to find publication suspended In definitely. - ME $2.15 GO 03 a. c 0 50c $2.90 161-163-165 Grand HIGHWAY TO BE-MARKED CONCRETE SIGN POST IS DESIGNED TO GIVE DATA TO TOURIST. Other Counties Asked to Adopt Same Model, "Which I. Made to Resist Extraordinarily Rough Usage. Attractive concrete markers, indicat ing the course of the Columbia River Highway through Portland anil, outside of tho city, the distances to nearest towns, are to be erected at points along the highway. A design has been worked out by Municipal Traffic En gineer Kirkpatrlck and has been adopted. Forms are being made now at the City Hall and the first of the signs will be erected, within a short time. It is planned to have all counties along the highway adopt the same type of marker. It is designed not only for appearance but is ot a permanent character, being of reinforced concrete, so that it cannot be knocked down, de faced or turned. Each marker will cost about J15. Twenty-five are to be installed at once. The marker will be 12 feet in length. Four feet will be in the ground. It will taper uo from the ground to a point where a big white electric lamp will be installed. Extended out from the top. beneath the light will be de tachable arms bearing the namea ot streets. The electric light above will illuminate the street signs as well as the letters "Columbia River Highway," which will be set in the concrete lengthwise of the marker. Outside the city, where there are no streets to Indicate, the markers TYPE OF CONCRETE MARKERS J ADOPTED FOR COLUMBIA J RIVER HIGHWAY T Q 4 s STARK ST. 1E.STARK ST. -3 : v I IM ! H lil 41 1? OraTrlns of Road rttv Which "Will Indicate Course of Hbrhwar ThrotuEh Portland anal Maltnomaa County". Li 1 1 i'i- i i Wyf ff $4.90 18-inch Airber Dome All Lighting Fixtures and Glassware on Sale For Two Weeks 1 ML IV! - Avenue, Cor. Belmoni One will bear information concerning the distance to the nearest towns. In place of the electric lights will be a bi.f. 'hlte ba"' made of concrete, which will be ornamental. The markers will all be painted white. CANADIAN AUT0ISTS ARRIVE K. H. 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