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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 20, 1916. MRS.BLUMAUEROUT CORN CLUB SUCCESS EMMY DESTINN WINS SAN FRANCISCO WITH ARIAS i Great Prima Donna, Soon Due in Portland, Is Accorded Splendid Oration in California After Singing First Concert. FOO SCHOOL BOARD Wrut wau Wl utr (MM mi urn 0. A. C. Extension Officials Report on Oregon Plan. OPENING EXHIBIT Announcement Made at Lunch eon Given by Presidents of Women's Clubs of City. PIG -CLUB MOVE GROWS i 10 X M"WN"MM 3jgJ' OSMAMD wmm BMAM9 ;. FITNESS IS EMPHASIZED Candidate Says Xo Pre-Klectiou l'lcdges Will Be Made bat Needs of Community Have Been Studied Constantly. p6nsored by prominent clubwomen of the city, the candidacy of Irs. S. M. Blumauer for School Director to suc ceed Judge M. G. Munly, chairman of the Board of Kducation, who retires from service next June, was announced yesterday at a luncheon given at the Imperial Hotel, airs. A. H. Brcyman presided. The luncheon was called by presidents of dirferent women's clubs of the city. Members of all the allied organizations attended. Mrs. Blumaucr will be backed strong ly by women of the city, it is an nounced, and clubwomen will lead the battle for votes. It was decided yes terday to send out a letter to the va rious clubs of the city, and the hope was expressed that these organizations will indorse her candidacy and work actively in her behalf. Mrs. Breyman introduced Mrs. Blu mauer to the women at yesterday's luncheon, and the latter made her an nouncement. She said people were asking, what her' platform was to be during the campaign leading up to the election, but she held to the belief that one should not be tied too closely to a platform, because the school system is constantly expanding and develop ing and is in fact so subject to change that a platform is rather more a hin drance than a help in carrying forward school affairs. Needs Are Studied. "I prefer rather to be a growing director than one who binds himself to - a fixed platform," said Mrs. Blumauer. "My work as head of the educational J committee of the Portland oman s Club has put me in close touch with school work, and I am quite familiar with the needs of the city. I have vis ited many of the schools of late and hope before the election to nave visitea every one. . A number of clubwomen rose to speak in favor of Mrs. Blumauer's election. Mrs. Grace Watt was one of the enthusiastic advocates of her can didacy. She said Mrs. Blumauer would not be a political candidate and wcfuld not enter the contest with that Idea in mind, but she felt certain that, if elect ed. Mrs. Blumauer would be one of the most capable and effective workers along educational lines that the city has ever had. Others spoke along a similar line, urging support for Mrs. Blumauer. School Affair Specialty. Born in Portland and for five years a teacher in the Portland schools, Mrs. Blumauer long has been prominent in educational circles here. She was grad uated from the grammar school at the age of 11 years, and from the high school when but 15 years old. School work has always interested her. A source of her inspiration along these lines, she says, was Miss Ella Sabin, who was her teacher and with whom she worked when Miss Sabin was city school superintendent. Mrs. Blumauer has served for six years as chairman of the educational committee of th) Portland Woman's Club, and she has the distinction of being a National director of the Council of Jewish Wom en. She has made extended investiga tion into school systems and work in numerous other American cities, as well as abroad. Before her marriage Mrs. Blumauer's name was Blanche Kahn. being the daughter of a pioneer family of Portland. Clubwomen at yesterday's luncheon voted down a movement to form a fed eration of clubs in this city. The reso lution was put that it was the sense of the meeting that a federation of clubs should be formed. Put as a mo tion, however, the negative vote was in the majority. JW' ', A tV ii .. -V ! .- Mi m $ MME.EMMY DESTISX. D' ESTINN success overwhelming. Every number double enc.ored. Crowds waited outside and cheered as she entered taxi. You can safely promise your clientele the sen sational success of the season." ' Such was the telegram received by Steers & Coman announcing the result of Emmy Destinn's first' appearance in San Francisco, on which occasion she gave the same programme that she will give at the Hellig In this city February 26. Walter Anthony, in the San Fran cisco Chronicle, comments upon her as follows: "The vocalism of Emmy Destinn is artistic, superbly human, deeply thrill ing and utterly compelling. She showed in 'Madame Butterfly and in 'La Tosca" that s&e was most regal.as a dramatic soprano in dramatic opera, and thia i written with full measure of appreci ation for the manner in which she sang so adorable a number as Mozart's "Cradle Song' or Dvorak's 'Gypsy Song. "The former was exquisitely tender, the latter was torrentially passionate. Bui a greater art still was revealed in Butterfly's forlorn lament and Tosca's passionate utterance. These two arias were rich in color and so vivid and contrasting in hues as to bewilder ears accustomed to hear the 'spread' and 'white' tones of the- average prima donna in Latin grand opera. Destinn will have no fewer than three great arias on her Portland programme, in addition to many enchanting lyrics. She will be assisted by Roderick White, violinist, and Homer Samuels, pianist. FUNERAL IS TOMORROW SERVICES WILL BE HELD ROBERT O. COLLIS. FOR Noted Scientific Worker and Sporting Goods Manafaetarer Succumbs at' Age of 71. BOY'S BODY BROUGHT HOME Daniel, Son of E Be Buried Today. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Heckbert have ar rived home from Boston. Mass.. with the remains of their son Daniel. Two weeks ago they left the city with their son who was suffering from a tumor at the base of his brain. The trouble developed more than a year ago and he was taken to Boston at that time and an operation was performed by Dr. Cushing, of Harvard University, and the pressure was relieved and his con dition greatly improved. About two months ago symptoms of the trouble began to develop again and he was taken East for a second op eration and died last Saturday at Bos ton following the operation. Funeral services will be held from the family residence at 269 North Twenty- fifth street this afternoon at 3 P. M. Daniel was just past 12 years old and was the only son. He attended the Couch School of this city, j The funeral of Robert O. Collis, who died at the home of .his son, E. H. Collis, February 9, will be held to morrow at 2 o'clock from the home of E. H. Collis. 254 East Thirty-fifth street. Mr. Collis was 75 years of age and had been a resident of this city for 28 years. Born in Ohio near the old town of Marietta, Mr. Collis spent many years of his life in his native state, part of the time "being engaged in the manu facture of sportsmen's leather goods ki Cincinnati. . Although gaining his livelihood in various manufacturing pursuits, Mr. E. Heckbert, toj Collis was of a scientific turn of mind. arcnaeoiogy ana paleontology Deing with him favorites. He was one of the founders of the Madisonville Literary and Scientific Society, whose explora tions in the ruins of the ancient mound- builders of the Ohio Valley attracted ide scientific attention, both the Smithsonian Institute and the Peabody Museum being also interested in the work. . His collection is now in the possession of the Cincinnati Art Mu seum. The father of Mr. Collis was an Eng lish school teacher and had at one time as one of his pupils "Dick" Yates, who afterwards became "War Gov ernor" of Illinois. A manuscript, the YEAR'S FAILURES HEAVY Bradstreot Tteport, Just Issued, Lays Illume Largely to War. "Failures and Their Causes" is the title of a brochure just issued by the Bradstreet Company, which is a com pilation of statistics as regards fail ures and an analysis of their meaning. It is recorded that the year 1915 saw the grdkitest number of failures ever recorded in this country in a calendar year, with the liabilities heavier than in any but five years of the past. This unhappy situation is due, it is stated, largely to the disorganization of trade and industry resulting from the out break of the European war in the late Summer of 1914. There were 19.035 failures reported to Bradstreet's Journal in 1915. with lia bilities of $248,000,000. This number was double the failures of 1909 and one-third larger than those of 1910 or 1911. AVar Material Minerals Sought. ROSEBURG, Or.. Feb. 19. (Special.) F. T. Hamshaw, of Seattle, has arrived in Roseburg preparatory to a search for antimony and tungsten, which are used in the preparation of war mate rials. Having 18 years' experience in mining operations in Alaska. Mr. Ham Khaw says he will encounter little dif ficulty in ascertaining whether the minerals he seeks are to be found in this section of the state. He will leave here soon to inspect several mining properties in the southern part of the rsiyuy. i Collis: E. H. Collis, R. L. Collis. Lillian A. Collis, Mrs. F. A. Sutherland, of Portland; Mrs. L. H. Lovejoy, of Los Angeles. Mr. Collis' wife died in 1900. - .... . i V 1 C I 1 - :f CSV 1 ; ' i V ? :- -t1 ' -' t If "vLil , 1 T Robert O. Colli". Whose Knneral AMU Be Held Tomorrow. letter written by Governor Yates to Mr. Collis in 1869. when Mrj Yates was a member of the United State3 Senate, is still in the possession of E. H. Collis, the son. It was Governor Yates who ommissioned Grant as an officer of the Union Army. The mother of Mr. Collis came of New England stock, a . number of the ancestors having served as Governors of Connecticut; During 20 of the 28 years that Mr. Collis was a resident of Portland he was engaged in the harness business at Front street, near Morrison. . The following children survive Mr. MUSICIAN WILL LECTURE Dr. Alma Webster Powell to Appear at Reed Chapel. Dr. Alma Webster Powell, prima donna and president of the New York Public Good Society, will deliver a free lecture,- musicale in the Reed' College chapel tomorrow evening at .8 o'clock on the subject, "Music Is a Human Need. Dr. Powell is touring the United States delivering a plea for National schools of free music, calling attention to the support of music by the govern ments of European countries and the complete neglect of the art by the Gov ernment of the United States. She is paying all of her own expenses and carrying on her work out of sheer love for music and the benefits which the public may derive from it. Dr. Powell s success as a grand opera soprano has been brilliant. She has been prima donna soprano for the royal operas of Berlin. Munich and Prague, the City Opera-house of Frankfort. Main and Breslau and the Metropolitan Opera-house of New York. She is a scholar as well as a musi cian and has acquired, the academic degrees of LL. D., Mus. B., A. M. and Ph. D. from the New York University Law. School and Columbia University. LIQUOR SUSPECT IS FREED Witnesses for Prosecution Have Lapse in Case of S. Gattuccio. Salvatore Gattuccio, charged with conducting a blind pig in thesof t-drink establishment at the formerjsite of the Last Chance saloon, at East Twenty first and Powell Valley road, was found not guilty by a jury which reported late Friday night- . It was an appeal case from the court of District Judge Dayton. Two of the chief witnesses for the prosecution testified almost directly op posite to what it is alleged they told deputies In the District Attorney's of. fice and undermined the case, it is con tended. The case was heard by Cir. cuit Judge Phelps, of Pendleton, who is sitting for Judge Kavanaugh. To Instill Into Minds of Youtli Love for Animals and Bring About More Interest in Farm Life Is Object of Plan. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis. Feb. 19. (Special.) Corn clubs have proved an entire success among the boys and girls of Oregon, according to extension officials at the Oregon Agricultural College, "under whose direction the Industrial Club work is carried on, and now, to in crease the value and scope of the club work, pig clubs are rapidly being or ganized among the boys ant) girls that further agricultural principles may be demonstrated by feeding the club raised corn to the pigs raised under pig-club directrbns. Interest in the pig-club movement is rapidly increasing, says L. J. Allen, re cently appointed State Pig Club agent by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry and the Oregon Agricultural College co-operating. The work was, before the appointment of Mr. Allen a part of the general industrial club work, but now requires the entire time of pig-club agents. Letters of inquiry are arriving daily from all parts of Oregon and Washington showing widespread interest in the work. Banks in various parts of the states have sig nlfied- an intention to make liberal numbers of small loans in their locali ties for the advancement of the move ment. County school superintendents, teachers -end parents are co-operating in promoting the clubs. All boys and girls in Oregon between the ages of 9 and 18 years are eligible to membership in the pig clubs upon the purchase of at least one pig and the agreement to care for the animals in person according to general direc tions given out by the pig-club agent. Aid is given in the obtaining of good foundation breeding stook or good stock pigs. Arrangements have been made where by every pig-club member receives free his choice of a standard swine journal and also all Government bulletins on the swine industry. The main object of the work, said Mr. Allen, "is to instill in the boys and girls of Oregon while young a love of animals which will result in their tak ing more interest in farm life and to furnish them at the same time some work which will, in a practical way, give an insight into the business side of farm life and incite in them a de sire to attain success." The purchase of improved stock is always recommended. During the Sum mer the agent will visit the various pig clubs and hold judging demonstra tions and "practice contests. The best crops and best methods of crop pro duction to embrace in connection with swine growing is an important line of work covered by the pig club. Marketing problems are taken up in season and the demands of the Oregon markets are explained to the young farmers. WL-t ' "leto on OF.C ATIONS1 OR NEW GLEE CLUB IS FORMED Irish-American Organization to Give Concert Tomorrow. Under the name of the "Irish-Ameri can Glee Club, a large aumoer oi musically-inclined young men of Port land have united together for the preservation and revival of old Irish folk songs. Their first concert will be given tomorrow night at Hibernia Hall. In this solos, vocal and instru mental and chorus numbers will be included. The organization is composed not only of those of Irish descent but of all young men who have vocal ability and who acknowledge the beauty and value of Hibernian melodies and patriotic airs. A large number of nationalities are included. City and County Reach Compromise. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) Yakima County officials and those of North Yakima have agreed to compromise of the litigation to re train the city from discharging its sewage into the lakima River, rne pending suit is to be postponed until fter the general election next Fall. The City Commission will submit and recommend to the voters at the pri mary election in September, or the gen- ral election, a proposition for con truction of a sewage disposal plant. Monday m owning, February 21st, we put on sale every pattern of wall paper shown last week at our Opening; Exhibit. " .' The hundreds of home owners who inspected and admired these modern wall decorations last week, and those who were not able to visit our. exhibit, can .now place their orders either in person or by phone for any of the. beautiful papers shown at the remark ably low prices marked on the displays. If you expect to decorate this year, whether at present or later, we, believe you will find it decidedly to your advantage to come to bur store and select your wall paper now. 'Prices about half. those of any other store selling wall paper in this city. ' If you can't come to our store, ask the paper- hanger to show you the Sunflower Sample Book. FINEST WALL-PAPER STORE IN THE WEST." THE UNITED WALL PAPER STORES CO. Telephone Marshall 2428 LI H "THE ) - ' V fSSSfyi I : ' ' 248 Washington, Between Second and Third NEW YORK PROSPEROUS JAMES A. BECKETT. SAYS PESSIM ISM NOT FOUND. TEMPORARY VIADUCT BUILT Connexion Being Made With Bridge : Terminal to Allow Fill. Construction of a temporary viaduct to carry streetcars along the proposed extension of Union avenue from Bryant street to the city limits to connect with the south approach of the interstate bridge, will be completed this week by Giebisch & Joplin, contractors. Street cars then will be diverted from the present line while the big viaduct and fill which are a part of the project are under way. The temporary bridge is more than 1000 feet in length. It is beins erected alongside the place where the perma nent fill and viaduct is to go. Sandy Man Dies Suddenly. SANDY, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) Michael McCormick died at his home here Monday. The funeral was con ducted from his late home on Wednes day,, the interment being made in the local cemetery. There was large at tendance of friends. Mr; McCormick leaves a family, and was well-known among stockmen and hosemen. Albany Store Damaged by Fire. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 19. (Special.) Whitney's confectionery store was badly amaged by fire and water late last vening when a gasoline tank on the gasoline stove in the candy kitchen exploded, setting ablaze the entire rear of the building. The loss is estimated at $2000 nd was covered by insurance. CONTRACTOR ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. i i N. t '' ! r AJ -9 i " W. B. Steele. . AV. B. Steele, a builder and con tractor, residing near Gresham, on the Section Line road, an nounced his candidacy yesterday for the Republican nomination for County Commissioner of Multnomah County at the pri mary election. He will run on a good-roads platform. Mr. Steele has lived in Multnomah County 36 years. Sixteen years ago he served one term of two years as . County Commissioner and later . served two years as roadmaster of the county. He built the first seven miles of crushed rock road in the county. Big Hotels Are Over-Crowded and Ap. proachlngr Presidential Campalga la Not Affecting Trade. I wish every pessimist in Oregon would take a trip to New York and nthor F-astern cities at this time and they would be thoroughly convinced that prosperity is rapidly enveloping the country." This is the declaration of James A. Beckett, of K. S. Ervin & Co., who has . 1 m - wa.W , I . i t just returned ircim a. no ct.no trt npw York Cltv. The extravagance of New lorK-is maz ne." he said. All tne leading no tels are. over-crowded and each day they obtain lists of unoccupied rooms in smaller hotels, so as to accommo date the overflow. So it is with the theaters, grand opera, rests-urants. cafes and every place of amusement. All are doing wonderful business, can cite similar examples of remark able increase in the sale of diamonds and jewelry and the flourishing condl-J . 1 j 1 1 1 .. ; uon or tne rei.au aiiu wnuicsmo uui ists. gownmakers and tailors, lines of endeavor which are not at all thriv lng when times are even doubtful." Mr. Beckett declares that although the European war started the present trade prosperity, it is not altogether responsible for it. . - "Confidence has had more to do with it than anything else, for confidence is the root of all prosperity," he said. As another proof that times and con ditions have improved he cited the fact that although another Presidential campaign is near, purse strings are not being tightened nor business ventures or expansions held in abeyance. ought to know for her imprisonment robbed the evening of exactly 90 minutes. REDMEN GET TOGETHER Portland Tribes Are Guests of Ore gon City Organization. 'Imprisoned in Pie Palace' Is Near Tragedy. Misa Stable Blake Is Star Perform er In Production Unintentionally Stated With Cat N' Fiddle Pro prietor as Villain and Later One of Heroes. - A joint meeting of the Portland tribes of Red Men and Wacheno tribe. Oregon City, was held Tuesday night at the headquarters of Wacheno tribe. The tribesmen from Portland were met by a delegation from Wachen tribe and were marched through Ore gon City with red fire burning o every corner. A banquet was serve to the visitors. Walter L. Little, of Oregon City past great sachem, presided. Amon the speakers were Judge R. G. Morrow, of Multnomah tribe; Judge G. Dlmick, of Wacheno trioe; Judge W. N. Gatens, . of Multnomah tribe; A. G Clark, of Lelu tribe; C. A. Blgelow Lelu. tribe; J. O. Wilson, of Lelu tribe E. A. Fisher, of Portland, gave a piano solo. DEATH HUNT BRINGS DAWN Woman Cancels Old'Man's Debt and Xew World Opens to Him. In the recovery ward of the Enter geney Hospital, at the police station lies a sorely wounded old man. Sev eral days ago he slit his throat from ear to ear because the lodging-house business didn't pay. His money is gone and he is 'in debt. He is going to get well. Interne Anundson says. On the stand beside his cot Is bottle once consecrated to mustard, Within it now loll three red carna lions, with sprays of fern about them. To the tired old man the (lowers sym- TMPRISONED in a Pie Palace; or X the waitress' pern, with petite Miss Mable. Blake In the star role, Proprietor J. T. Griffin, as the unin tentional villain, two patrolmen in rescue role's and a young gentleman as prompter from the wings, 'was the melodrama enacted at the Cat N'Fiddle late Friday evening. At closing time Miss Blake lingered to fold some aprons. Propretor Griffin walked out and absent-mindedly locked the door. He boarded his car in plain sight of the cafe windows, while the waitress implore him through the plate glass. Curtain and tears. Scene II opens with pretty waitress standing in show window, registering despair. The heartless throng passes by, unheeding. Frantic gestures, .and more tears. Curtain. The plot is quickened by the arrival of two patrolmen Suggestion made that rescue may be effected . through transom. Utter failure. - Youthful acquaintance hailed. He presses nose to the cold glass and bids imprisoned fair one keep courage. Curtain on cheerful situation.' Scene III is the great rescue thriller. Patrolman, zealously ' telephoning, awakens wrong Griffin, who emits roar. At length the 'Wires carry their message of distress to the real culprit A taxicab dashes up, its wheels whirl ing at the legal limit. The key turn; and the ordeal is over. Explanations andv curtain. . ' The role played by Miss Blake is a fatiguing one. She says, so, &nl the x ' - - -. " : ' Corns Come Off Like Banana Peel Wonderful, Simple "Gets-It" Never Fails to Remove Any Corn Easily, "Wapildn't it jar you? Here I've been going along for years, with one des perate corn after another, trying to get rid of them with salves that eat Hesitate! Use Sure "Cets-It" for Thoi Corns and Save Your Life and Your ToesJ offthe toes, tapes that stick to the stocking, bandages and plasters that make a package' of the toes, trying blood-bringing razors and scissors. Then I tried 'Gets-If Just once and you ought..to have seen that corn come off just like a' banana peel." It's sim ple, wonderful. It's the new way, pain less, applied in two seconds, never hurts. Quit the old ways for onre any way and try "Oets-lt" tonight. For corns, calluses, warts and bunions. "Gets-It" is sold everywhere. 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. III. Sold in Portland at all fc Lores 01 The Owl Di utf Co. bollxe hope and a new understanding of folks and their kindly character. From the muffler of bandages he ex plained thB dash of color that splashes against the white enamel of the ward. "She brought them to mcf a woman did . . . and she canceled a :i30 debt that I was owing to her. There are lots of good people left, I gucs.'' Within the coming week ho will be discharged as a recovered patient. Xatnropntlis to Hear TalkH. Drs. II. A. Stockdalo and Virgil Mo Mickle will speak at room H. I'ulilio Library, Tuesday niRht, under th auspices of the Oregon State AssocUi tion of Nat tiropnths. APPLY SAGE TEA IF HAIR IS GRAY Grandma Used Sage Tea and Sulphur to Darken Her Hair and Nobody Knew. Mm) The uso of Sage and Sulphur for re storing faded, gray hair to Its natural color dates back to grandmother's time. She used It to keep her hair beautifully dark, glossy and abundant. Whenever her hair fell out or took on that dull. faded or streaked appearance, this sim ple mixture was applied with wonder ful effect. But brewing at home is mussy and out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for a 60-cent bottle of Wyeth s sage and .-sulphur Com pound," you will get this famous old recipe which can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair and Is splendid for dandruff, dry, feverish, itchy scalp and falling hair. A well-known downtown druggist avs it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied. lou simply dampen a ponge or soft brush with it and draw his through your hair, taking one trand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after another pplication or two It becomes brauti- ully dark, glossy, soft and abundant. Adv. SIXTY INSTITUTES WHEr.E TItKATM EN'T OVEIl-CO.MU3. NEAL DRINK or DRUG HABITS IX KOI It I'O SEVKN DATS, NEAL I.STITI'T1S, 340 t'OLLL'.t.H ST., POHTLAND, Oil, Mnrhall UIOO. Now Is the Time to uso Carvers' Cold Tablets, glvlng quick relief in Grip, Cough, Colds, Headache. Used by thousands annual ly. Price 25c. 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