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16 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JAN'TJABY 23. 1916. I "TRUST" IS ACCUSED OFFICERS OF THE "LANG SYNE" SOCIETY. WHICH IS TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL DINNER WEDNESDAY OLD-TIMERS TO DINE with Adams street and the railroad bridge are being -considered by inter ested business men and property own ers on Williams avenue. This connec tion may be accomplished by extending Adams street from Multnomah street to Cherry street and Williams avenue through blocks 12, 23 and 28 in SIc Millen's addition. Only portions of these blocks will be required for this extension. By connecting Williams avenue di rectly with the railroad bridge, it is estimated that 50 per cent more travel would use Williams avenue than at present. To make this extension will require a large assessment district to meet the cost. At present there are few buildings on the blocks that will be needed for the extension. The cost EVENING AT MULTNOMAH HOTEL DIES AT AGE OF 66 Mr. Ferris Fears Grip on De veloped Water Power. Lang Syne Society Meeting - Set . for Wednesday. Banker Who Devoted Talents to Upbuilding of Portland OWNERSHIP SET FORTH 200 MEMBERS EXPECTED Held Numerous Posts. . " - - - - I 1 . , . A a J ilvnnll I RICHARD L DURHAM M f- " Vft fffT I A : : ' -: .- ' 4 v ' - - tSL 7 - "" ' I x ---"-jf- - vS--- yv--.- "''-! ' - '"" -'' :' av J f- '.tn, 3 -J of- TV 17 -i '! 'i .v -1 ! FUNERAL TO BE TOMORROW From Birth in Oregon Cltr in 1850 Entire Span Passed In This State and Activity in Social and Industrial Growth Slarked. rh itnrv of an Orearon son who climbed beyond the ladder of mere commercial success to become a factor in the building of Portland was closed yesterday morning in the death of Richard L. Durham at a "private, sani tarium, after an illness of several months. Bankers, of Portland will pay their respects at his luneral tomorrow at the Pinley cnapel at 1 o'clock. The funeral services will be conducted by Iter. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the First Congregational Church. The greater part of Mr. Durham's life was spent in Portland's banking circles. Mr. Durham, born in Oregon City 64 years ago. was the son of pioneer par ents. Hi!" father. Albert A. Durham, ram to Orearon City from New York in lifl. He moved to Oswego and sold his business to the Oregon Steel Com pany. Later he operated a sawmill In Washington County. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature. . K. L. Durham spent his boyhood on the farm and attended Portland Acad rnr and Willamette University at Sa lem. He became a resident of Port land In 1870. when he accepted an ap pointment as deputy County Clerk nn tier C. W. Parish. He resigned in 1876 to become deputy City Auditor, which position he held for five terms. He left this to enter the banking business, becoming cashier of the Port land Savings Bank at Second and Oak streets. Soon he became cashier of the Commercial National Bank and was chosen vice-president of the Wells Far go Bank when this Institution took over the Commercial National; then vice-president of the Merchants Na tional Bank and later was advanced to the presidency of this institution, which post he retained until its ab sorption by the Northwestern National recently. He was also vice-president of the Oregon Land-Investment Company and was president of the Portland Clearing house Association for several years. He was a director of the Beaver Lum ber Company, of the Banfield Veysey Fuel Company and other enterprises. He married In 187S Miss Hannah Gault. who. with a son. Gilbert Dur ham, and a daughter, Mrs. W. B. Jones, of Boston, survive him. Mrs. Durham Is also a native of Oregon. Prominent in fraternal circles, he was a charter member of the Multnomah Council of the Royal Arcanum, grand receiver for 30 years of the Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen, and a mem ber of the Masonic and Oddfellow orders. Dr. Durham concentrated his ener gies toward the upbuilding of Portland. He was chosen vice-president of the State Board of Immigration, organized in 1881 to advertise the state of Ore gon, and to attain this end he equipped exhibit cars with Oregon products, ending them East. He was one of the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Com mercial Club. - H. B. MILLER GIVES TALK PROPER WEALTH C'REATIOX AD DISTR1BITIOX IS TOPIC. Solving f Problem la to Be Contribu tion of Present Era to History, Speaker Avers. In enumerating and reviewing the contributions of each age or history to the development of man, H. B. Miller, director of the school of commerce of the University of Oregon, yesterday, be fore the Portland Principals' Associa tion, averred that the contribution of the present era to world history was to be the creation and proper distribu tion of wealth. "If that is the main purpose and struggle of humanity today, is it not wise." asked Mr. Miller, "that we should understand how to grasp the fact and to endeavor to get our work and activi ties in harmony with this thought and fepirit of the times? "I do not mean the mere accumula tion of wealth. It is the age of the creation and distribution of wealth. Accumulative wealth will be of no par ticular value except as it is used. "To accomplish the best creation of wealth men have to be particularly skillful and well trained. They have to have a knowledge of art and a com prehensive grasp of all the features of commerce, and of the various contribu tions to world history before this era. Thus, we have not merely to accumu late wealth, but we have to have the spirit of the use of wealth, the spirit and knowledge of art and oratory, and the uses of art and oratory." VISTA BOOTH IS PLANNED Canvass for Funds to Be Continued at Automobile Show. The canvass among automobile own ers by letter for contributions to the Vista House fund will be supplemented during the week of the automobile show by the installation of a Vista House booth in 'he exhibit pavilion. Mrs. Paul K. Machette. Mrs. Bruce Stewart and Mrs. F. B. Norman will preside at the booth. Next week speakers will visit the public schools and address the pupils to arouse interest in the .Vista House building movement. Contributions of cash and pledges that have been sent in by automobile owners for the fund are as follows: raoh. Previously arknowirdged v . . .f 1.174.73 Flaine B. Smith. Los Angeles, Lai.. J. 00 W J. HwWin 5 00 J. R. Thlehoff i,H W. Frank Palsce laundry company 5.00 W. A. Wheeler S.00 Total 8 1.204. JJ Pledges. rrevlouslv acknowledged $ S43.7.1 Mrs. O. B. Stubbs -.00 otu F. Akin S.oo H. R. Everdtng 5.O0 Cieorro I Greenfield 0.00- A. Kupert ........... 3.00 U B. steams S 00 . M. Raamuasen 5.00 Total .. S7S7.-. Total, cash and pledge.., ., Trees-pis Gtiszcra CicTS-Ses A3ssS, : r-r OP J&. 2 naf'ff'cre -y--ess eff LAX MOTORIST RAPPED rKW KNOW NUMBERS PUT OS LOST ARTICLES, SAY POLICE. . Antolata Wno Ezneet - to Recover Stolen Goods Without Giving Needed Description Are Censured. . H. L. Galord. 114 Front street, had a car stolen last Summer that was re covered for him by the city detectives. Yesterday he asked them to locate a tire stolen from his machine, just when, he didn't know. . The incident occasioned criticism on the part of the detectives of motorists in genera.: who fail to make record of the numbers of their machines. prestolite tanks, magnetos, tires, all of which are numDered to protect against burglary. 'It's a wonder more automobile ac cessories are not taken." commented one of the officers yesterday. "The peo ple who own cars . and report losses don't seem to know Just when their articles were stolen and they have little Idea of a- description by which' (Special.) During the year 1915. Klamath County autolsts. motorcyclists and chaufeurs paid a total sum of $1983 into the office of the Secretary of State for licenses, transfers and duplicates. Klamath County ranged 13th as re spects the number of licenses issued for the year. Of the amount paid in. Secretary Olcott has first deducted the cost of the license plates, chauffeurs' badges, postage, clerk hire, printing of blanks, etc. which amounted to 8394.33; and has remitted the balance, $1588.67, to County Treasurer George A. Haydon. This amount goes to the county road fund. ' SUIT IS UP TO MR. DALY SETTLEMENT OF ST. JOHNS WATER CASE OUT OF COURT EXPECTED. I.aRorbe Will Give Opinion Right of Portland to Build Duplicate System. Whether or not Portland's Water Bureau will take over the water plant of the St. Johns Water Works & Light ing Company is up to Commissioner YEAR'S EXPENSE SHOWN COUNTY PAYS OUT $40.858 ,S3t SINCE JANUARY 1, 1011. snrniua In Period of Five Years Ending January J, 1018, Grows From $248,780 to 1,273,150. F.xpenditures for Multnomah County in five years total $40,658,854.78, ar avemen of more than 18.000,000 a year according to figures just compiled by County Auditor S. B. Martin. The re- ini. for this time, however, nave been $41,005.37, leaving a surplus Jan uary 1, 1916. of $l,Z7Z,liio.o. At xue end of the year 1910 the balance was $248,760.22. The most expensive year in the his .(.,. "f h pnnntv was 1914. Wttn riiKhnrsements totaling $9,563,04.36 Next came 1915 with expenditures of $9,386,691.80. The receipts for 1915 were the heaviest yet. totaling $10,190,899.25 A table of receipts and disbursements for the county in five years past, as prepared by Mr. Martin, follows: RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. Receipts Baltfnce on hand January 1 Cash received from all sources . . Total receipts and balances ". , Disbursements of various funds Totals - Disbursements State of Orepon County general fund Road fund City of Portland Port of Portland State school School districts County high school Library Public library building St. Johns. Llnnton, Fairvlew. Gresham, Troutdale, Interstate Bridge - Special road bonds .... Compiled by 8. B. Martin, County Auditor. 1011. 1012. $ L'4.S.70.:2 t 4."0.7.'0.P3 8,789.374.04 7,o2!i.Si0.2 mis ini J . 1015. $ 4r.3,o3..-,T $ . r.39,S7.:2 $ 4S7.043.14 7.37i.ail.sti 9,401.118.28 10.100.899.25 S41.OSl.005.o7 40.658,854.78 .$ 400,700.03 .. 403.639.57 .. .5J0.870.22 $ 467.048.14 1.272,150.59 $ 1,272,150.59 $7.048.1.'!.7 U.007.3S5.i3 $S.27.2B0.1. 7.2S0, 650.08 $7,8'.'5. 001.43 $10,030,097.50 $10,658,842 80 7.28U.0J2.21 0,5o3,054.3 0,358,601.80 ' V 40S.4S5 162.0tt. i2.827. OSI.OIH. 450.207. 147.7S2. 104.S03. 41,771.82 , 1.0H3.751 I.445.408 209.00S. 1,947.700. 462,001. 472,727. 1.700.901. "iiiiiso-j! 04,007. 36,303. 410.188.4S 1,101,521.07 i50.oao.a2 2,274,516.12 348,1)08.33 404.01S.64 1,804.520.03 "i24!7io!3 878,000.28 .51.202.48 $1,582, 002, 730, 2.3S5, 00, 500, 2,530, " "ir4.' 10, 82. 6, 520 00 $1 363.81 1 536.4 ,716.54 2 ,090.22 ,51(2.10 ,310.58 1, '07S!20 . 631.87 OSS. 72 225.00 .119.312.20 ,064.203.04 066.500.52 ,20.006.31 300.003.83 405,536.45 ,632. 084.51 53.404.09 100.334.45 7.405.01 84:333.04 631.070.41 031,077.35 X 4,600,458.00 5,813.772.57 2,0'-'7, 470.14 10.469.860. 20 2.219,381.18 2.200,557.60 0,070,024.06 53.404.53 673,107.72 401,179.22 278,265.89 437.300.41 1.031.077.35 Totals $6,579,385.83 $7.825,650.58 , $7,286,072.21 $0,563,054.36 $9,386,601.80 $40,658,854.78 we can Identity the articles n iouno. Not one in 50 knows the number of the stolen article. 'Thev say. for instance, that their prestolite tank was taken. But presto- lite tanks are as mucn aiixe as two peas and unless we nave tne numutr !i i C 1 I t" s - r ! R. L. Durham. Who Died terdny . it Is almost impossible to identify them. Every tire has a number. "Every week we make up a list of stolen articles for the garage men's association, and this is published in a bulletin sent out by them all over Ore gon and part of Washington. In this wav stolen goods can be' located when they show up at any garage." The same applies to other articles, such as typewriters and watches. Warmth Relieves Stock Near Monroe MONROE. Or.. Jan. II. topecial.) Warmer weather accompanied by rain Is rapidly sweeping away the snow, raising the streams and rendering the country roads almost Impassable. The farmers feel much relieved, however, over the change, as in many cases their stock suffered severely for food. They can now , reach the grass, which is plentiful. Klamatli Ranks Thirteenth. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Daly. Although the Council majority on Friday turned down the offer qf the company to sell for $109,550 and fixed the maximum price the city is willing to pay at $100,000, it is expected there will be more negotiations before the proposition gets into the courts. Commissioner Daly had a conference with City Attorney LaRoche yesterday and went into the legal phases of the situation. An opinions will be written by Mr. LaRoche regarding the right of the city to build a duplicate system in the district in face of the assertion of the company that it has an exclusive franchise. .' Commissioner Baker had been counted upon to stand with Mayor Albee and Commissioner Dieck for the purchase of the plant at the company's figure. which was the value placed upon the plant' by water Engineer Clarke. Mr. Baker, however, did not vote for the purchase. He declared that he did not want to be in the position of forcing a big expenditure onto Mr. Daly's depart ment when Mr. Daly did not approve of it. .He says he wants Mr. Halv to share equally in the responsibfllty of taking over the plant. The people of St. Johns are exerting every influence to. get the plant into the city's control quickly because of the reduction of rates that will follow. They object to the proposition dragging through the. courts, which will be the result In all probability, unless Com missioner Daly is willing to take his responsibility with a majority of the Council in coming to terms satisfactory to himself and the company. ROSE CENTER PUNNED BEAUTIFUL FLORAL FEATURE PLANNED FOR FESTIVAL. RADIO-WATER SUIT IS LOST Failure to Present Original Genera tor Causes Failure of Action. - .If there. was no radio-activity in the water from a generator purchased by Fred Silcocka, .a used as a relief for rheumatism, ho could not prove it in the court of District Judge Dayton Friday for he did not have the original generator as evidence, and he lost his suit for $25 against the Radjo Active Water Company. The company allowed a firm of chemists to select 10 generators at random from their stock and all pro duced radio-active units. Silcocks had returned his' bottle and did not have it for evidence. Teacher's Decision Entered. The mandate of the Supreme Court, ordering that Maud L. Richards be reinstated in the city schools and that her back salary be paid was entered in the Circuit Court by an order signed Jan. , 2S. by Judge Jiorrovr. yesterday .. Last Year's Location Will Be Used With Area Doubled Fountain of Flovt-era' to Be Illumlnnted. Portland's 1916 Rose Festival Center will occupy more than 78,000 square feet in; the blocks bounded by Salmon, Madison, Park and West Park streets. This is included in the plans for the great . floral feature as outlined to the Festival' Association by J. O. Con- ville, park superintendent and one of the governors of this year's fiesta. Many ' of the floral features have already been worked out( by Mr. Con vill, with the assistance of Julius Dassche, landscape artist, who worked out the plans of last years floral dis play with John F. Carroll, 1915 Fes tival director. - The same blocks will be utilized this year as last, with the exception that the sidewalks and streets will be in cluded in the general plan, thus pro viding twice the space given over - to the "floral center last year. The plans also call for a promenade in front of the district, booths 12 feet in width with paths- 15 feet wide throughout the Center. It was decided to increase the size of the Center this year to prevent con gestion and provide room in which more than . 250,000 people daily can view the floral displays without crowd ing. Last year it was estimated more than 450.000 people visited the Festival Center the three days of the Festival. The booths for community displays will be, 16 in number, five feet wide and 16 feet long. The general scheme calls for 40 beds of bloom, featuring many varieties of roses and other flowers, all leading up to a huge rose fountain in the center of the display. The foun tain will be illuminated, surrounded by a promenade, and Dorothy Perkins roses, the climbing variety, will be used to form the picture. Highway Driving Declared Good. I J. Whitaker. of the Columbia Highway stage service, reported last night that the Columbia Highway was in splendid condition since the thaw, the heavy snow .drifts having disap peared. "We came in from Hender son's chalet at Crown Point without chains and without difficulty," said Mr. Whitaker. "The distance is 24 miles and we made it in an hour and five minutes. Organization Composed of Mer chants Who Have Been in Busi ness in Portland 25 Years. Annual Reunion IsHeld. With approximately 200 members present the "Lan Syne" Society will hold its third annual reception and dinner at the Multnomah Hotel Wednes day evening1. Elaborate preparation are now in progress for the event and it is planned to make the gather ing the best in the history of the organization. Flans now formulated are to have the reception from 5 to 7 o'clock, the dinner starting at 7 o'clock. A brief musical programme has been arranged to follow the dinner which will be interspersed with short talks by promi nent members of the organization. The talks will be principally of a reminis cent nature. Charles F. Beebe, presi dent of the organization, will preside. The society is composed of promi nent business men -of the city who were in business in Portland 25 years ago or more. Kach year the 'members come together for an annual dinner, to renew old acquaintences and talk over old times. The motto of the or ganization is, "Should ,auld acquaint ance be forgot. Officers of the organization report that it is growing in popularity and that manv new members were added to the roster during the year. The officers of the organization are: Charles F. Beebe, president; ' F. E. Beach, vice-president; Charles H. Dodd, second vice-presidenti H. L, Idleman, secretary; Frank Xayton, treasurer; George H. Himes, historian; Ralph W. Hoyt, musical airector. $139 IN' BAD COIN "FOUND Money Uncovered by Lad Identified as Work of Man, Now in Prison. A remindor of the meteoric career of Henry Hargens, counterfeiter of Na tional fame, who passed through Port '.and spreading spurious coin as he went a year and a half ago, ultimately to be captured in Spokane, was dis covered 'Friday when a pile of coins, totaling in face value $139. was found under the east approach to the Burn- side bridge. The find was made by the small son of W. E. Cox, 26 East Sixth street, whose joy at finding 27 $5 pieces and four dollars was that of a gold mine discovery. The coins were turned over to - William A. Glover, United States Secret Service Bureau,, who recognized the work of Hargens, who is in prison in California. SLEUTHS TRACE UMBRELLA How AVas It Done? "We Searched tlie Theater," Said Detectives. ' "A case, Cahill!" ' City . Detective Hammersly faced his partner in . sleuthdom, pulled bis hat low and cinched his belt. "Mrs. Cora Fish, of the Dayton Hotel reports the mysterious disappearance of a valuable 15 umbrella. She had it at the Lyric Theater. We must have the number of her seat. An hour later the umbrella was re turned by Detectives Hammersly and Cahill. "Wonderful!" exclaimed the owner. "How did you do it?" "Searched the theater," replied the sleuths. CLOTH TAKEN FROM TAILOR Pair Go Into Shop and One Leaves While Partner Has Button Put On. There is always a new game, say the police. Two men walked into the tailor shop of Fred Rosinske. 497 Washington street, and one asked him to sew a button on his trousers. The other man left during the proc ess, and after both had gone Rosinske felt reasonably certain that two bolts of cloth had left with the visitor. BRIDGE ACCESS IS SOUGHT Plan Is to Connect Williams Avenue With Railroad Span, Flans for connecting the south end of Williams avenue, at Cherry street. GRIP FATAL TO HII-1.SBOHO PIONEER OF 1840. -5 i if.:!!:!: ..ft'"" ' ' V sSyiSif: 3S I I Mrs. Polly Caroline Butler. HILLSBQRO. Or., Jan. 22. (Spe- J cial.) Sirs. Polly Caroline Butler. T pioneer of 1846 and widow of I Isaac Butler, died here Monday I from grip, aged 75. With her parents in 1846 she crossed the plains to Oregon, the family set tling on a farm in Clackamas County, near Oregon City. In 1865 she was married to James H. Moore, a pioneer of 1852, and of three children born one. Mrs. W. H. McEldowney, of Forest Grove, survives. Mr. Moore died in 1861, and in 1869 she was mar ried to Isaac Butler, and two of their five children survive, as follows: James E. Butler, living in Portland, and Lottie H. Butler 1 in Hillsboro. of the extension would be about $50. 000. TEMPLE DEDICATION SET FIRST METHOt'IST CEREMOSIBS TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY. Social Functions by Various Depart ments Will Be Held Week Follow Ins in Sunday School Home. Preparations are being made for the dedication of the new $60,000 Sunday school temple of the First Methodist Church. The ceremonies will be held Sunday. January 30. The temple ad Joins the church at Taylor and Twelfth streets. The dedication sermon will be delivered in the. morning and there will be no Sunday school meeting. At night, however, another special serv ice will be held. Throughout the week following social functions given by various departments of the school will he held in the new building. One of these will be a large reception. Closing his series of sermons on the "Fundamentals of a Successful Life," which he lias been giving at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Dr. Frank L. Loveland tonight will take for his subject "The Crimson Wheel." The dis cussion of this topic will be under live heads, as follows: (1) "The Red Cir cuit" that Flows in Life's Inner Sanc tuary; (2) The Life-Giving River and the "Irrigating Wheels": 3) Do I Need the Church? Does the Church Need Me? (4) Calvary s Crimson Wheel, and (5) "The Wheel Is Broken at the Cis tern." Following the service tonight the Young People's Council will hold their regular meeting in the church parlors. A special speaker has been secured. At the conclusion of the 30-minute serv ice a' brief social will be held. The first of these gatherings was held last Sunday. Statistics Given in Congressional Kccord, However, Show Large Xumber of Municipal Sta tions and Private Plants. OREGOX1AX NEWS BUREAU. Wash-l ington, Jan. 19. in tlie debate in tha House on the Ferris water-power bill Mr. Ferris, author of the Admlntstra tion bill, laid great stress on what ha alleged to be the fact that the "water-, power trust" controlled most of tha developed water powers in the United States. This "water-power trust" has always been one of the fuvorite bugs. boos of the conservationists, when in- slsting on the passage of the Ferris bill, and to show that there is a ni- .1- 1 1 - v.pria Inserted lllUIIVJUIjr, ....... w in his speech, as printed In the Coniires-T slonal Record, an extensive luum, showing ownership of power plants itt every stale of the Unian. Mr. Ferris found 101 hydro-elcctria plants in Oregon, generating, in th aggregate 156,763 horsepower. Hi tabulation shows these 101 plants t be owned by 72 separate companies, municipalities, or individual concerns. The greatest monopoly in Oregon, ac cording to Mr. Ferris, appears to b E. W. Clark & Co. Mortgage Corpora tion, which oins 11 plants, with an aggregate output of 80.000 horsepower. But Mr. Ferris also found 12 plant owned or operated by municipalities, and 63 small plants, with an aggregate output of 16.583 horsepower, the own-" ership of which he did not enumerate.! The following tables, taken from Mr. Ferris' speech, show the ownership o power plants in the Northwestern states: Orwton- Plants, power. E. W. Clark & Co. Mortgage Cor poration t Crown-Willamette Paper Co.... California-Oregon Power Co 6 American Power & Light Co... -J H. M. Byllesby & Co National Securities Corporation. I Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co ; Municipal stations i- All other stations 3 Total Wahi:i(rton Stone & Webstor ' Washington Water Power Co... 4 Spokane & Inland Empire Rail way Co J Amerlran Power & Light Co... II Northwestern Klectrlo Co t Olympic Power Co J Gnat Northern Railroad Co.... 1 Lewiston-Clarkston Improvement Co 1 Wenatcheo Valley Gas & Kleu- trlc Co J Inland Portland Cement Co 1 Federal Light & Traction Co.. I Washington-Oregon Corporation. 2 Municipal stations 12 All other stations 'i sn.nonj Its. r-' 11. mo 9.l"l &: 5. W 3,70(1 t.l'.ll! 1t;,5l l&d.Ttil 8.I.300 IJ.9UH ro.onu in.ss is. ooo 11,600 6, tt' 3,309 4.SOO t.OHJ M.r.iD 10,311 Total HI 331,134 Idaho Utah Securities Corporation I" National Securities Corporation. . 9 Washington Water Powt-r Co... 1 Thousand Springs Power Co 1 Graugevllle Electric Light & Power Co - H. M. Byltesby & Co I U S R. S. and municipal sta tions r' All other stations 43 73.1.07, si..i.-.y li; :lov 1.3UO 14.3 Total 72 152,36 MISSION WORKERS VISIT Dr. G. L. Pearson Johnson Arrive and Dr, From South H. IS. Japanese Held Up in Home. S. Shioga, a Japanese truck farmer living two miles from the city limits on the Base Line road, was held up and robbed of $1.50 last night by two highwaymen, who entered his home about 7 o'clock. The robbers were masked and armed. They ransacked the house while the victim and his family stood by helpless. Dr. G. L. Pearson and Dr. H. B. John son, connected with the missionary work of the Methodist Episcopal Church on the Coast, arrived in Port land yesterday from San Francisco. Dr. Pearson is superintendent of the Pacific Chinese missionary work, tak ing that position, recently after 11 years' service as a district superin tendent of, the California conference. Dr. Johnson is superintendent of the Pacific Japanese mission work of the Methodist Church. He devoted 13 years in Japan to missionary work. Dr. Pearson will be in the city for a week. Dr. Johnson left for Seattle yesterday, but will return to Portland within a few days. Wasliingtno Class Sermon Is Today. it the invitation of Washington High School, Rev. John H. Boyd, D. D., will preach the baccalaureate sermon to the midwinter graduating class, this morning at 10:30 o clock n me audi torium of the First Presbyterian Church. The subject of his sermon will bo "Twenty Years Hence in the Life of a High School Student." Mrs. A. G. Barker Convalescing. Mrs. A. G. Barker, who has been ill at the Good Samaritan Hospital, is much better, accord!. lg to hospital re ports, and will soon be able to return to her homv Announces that on account of the condemnation by the Local Censor Board of Theda Bara in "The Serpent," We will show R Florence In George Scarborough's Great Play cod. A' B AY - Which was billed to appear at-a later date 4 Days Beginning Today 4