17 TAXI ZONES (LID. BY M. BIGELQW BALLET RUSSE BRINGS NIJINSKY, GREATEST OF MALE DANGERS Flore Revalles, Principal Mime, Portrays Role of "Cleopatre," Her Greatest Success, and Appears Also in "Scheherazade" and "Thamar.' Council Determined Not to Be Outwitted by Subter fuges of Mr. Daly. JTNEY PARADISE TO END THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 17, 1916. CLEAR AS A BELL JTew City Divisions Kcquire Approval of Department Head, but Ho May . Have Duties Changed ' at Mayor's Discretion. In a conference yesterday City Com rnlssioner' Bigelow approved the taxi cab zone eystem framed by the Coun cil to replace the zone system devised by Commissioner Daly to enable the Jitneys to evade the Council's mandate that the jitneys adhere to service and protection regulations in franchise form. Mr. Bigelow agreed to the new Eone plan with come minor changes, which will be made prior to the for mal approval of the system by the Council at a meeting tomorrow after noon. With Mr. BIgelow's position now made clear, the Council etands four to one for forcing the hand of tho jitneys on the question' of regulation. Four members of the Council Mayor Aibee and Commissioners Bigelow, Baker and deck' stand for the Jitneys either ac cepting a franchise or quitting opera tion. The fifth member. Commissioner Daly, stands for giving the Jitneye whatever they want. By virtue of his having charge of the jitneys officially, his ideas have prevailed up to this time when applied in the form of sub terfuges to defeat the will of the Other four members of the Council. Mr. Daly's Trick Tramped. The new zone system provides for taxicab service to various parts of the city on a basis of distance and grades traveled. It will replace the zone echeme of Mr. Daly's, which has zones eo marked out that nothing but a Jit ney can use them. It is so framed that the Jitneys place a B-cent rate on their Id jitney runs along streetcar lines, leaving the rest of the city to be served at a higher rate of fare. As the Jitney proposition stands the preeent'Daly zone subterfuge is on the verge of being overthrown and the Council has refused to grant the jit neys a franchise on their own terms, but has expressed a willingness to give n. franchise on the terms which have been accepted already by two other Jitney concerns, one a company or ganized by Stephen Carver to operate linca through the East Side aB far out as Lents, and the other by W. M Fos ter, to operate a line to Linnton. Jitneys Due to Report. The Jitney Drivers' Union will report this week on whether or not It will meet the Council's terms. Failing in coming to terms along this line, there are but two things that can happen to them. One will be to quit operating and the other will be to continue their taxicab system and make deliveries anywhere in the city for ti jjenta or for higher rates if they wisnr It is expected that Commissioner Daly, in keeping with his pro-Jitney maneuvers, will refuse to approve the Council's zone plan, which approval is required before becoming effective. In thie event It will be up to Mayor Ai bee either to sit by and see one mem ber of the Council prevailing over the four other members, or to take the management of the Jitney affairs out of Mr. Daly's hands. He has this pow er under the Commission charter. STUDENTS' BALL ARRANGED Grays Harbor Fund for College As sistance to Be Swelled. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 16. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor University stu dents have set Friday evening, Decem ber 29, as the date of their fourth an nual ball. The profits of this dance, like those from preceding affairs, will be placed in a student loan fund, to be loaned out to deserving students who are working their way through college. This fund now exceeds $300, and it may ultimately be used to es tablish a scholarship in the schools of this county. The varsity students in charge of tht ball are: Margaret Wilson. Adele Wil. cox, Florence Hook, Floyd Vammen, y.ora. Karshner, Helena Elway, Horace Cook, of Aberdeen; Lena Abel, Bob Abel, Don Abel, Arnold 'Poison, of Ho- nulam; George Barlow and Walter Brewer, of Montesano and Satsop. My i tkaV- fSlmv ? - - !ryl . - .-J ! i ' , , ' , ' - I ' i i . ii- i i. --- .i - XE of the secrets of the phenome- mier danseur, who Is acknowledged to Unal success of the celebrated Serge di Diaghileff Ballet Russe, which is sheduled to give three en tirely different programmes here on January 12 and 13, directors Sterns and Cowan, is the fact that the stories of the ballets themselves are of such intense interest that were one to over look the beauties of costnme and scen ery, melody and classic dance, one would nevertheless be held rapt by the drama of the ballets. This intensely human quality In "Scheherazarde" un doubtedly accounts for the fact that the sensational oriental melodrama, la unnversally the favorite in the reper toire of 12 numbers. It has long been considered the mas terpiece of Leon Bakst, the great Euro pean colorlst, who has designed the costumes and settings for most of the numbers. Its story is the famous prel ude to the Arabian Nights, and has to do with the affairs of the Shah Zeman. The Shah departs for a hunting trip and in his absence the harem Inmates demand the release of the male slaves. In the midst of a bacchanalian orgy the Shah returns, much to the chagrin of the entire party, who are immediately put to death. The acting of Flora Revalles, the principal mime of the company, and Waslav Nijinsky, the celebrated pre- be the greatest male dancer alive, re veals the versatility of the members of the Diaghileff organization, showing them at once to be consummate artists in the drama as well as the dance. It is not in "Scheherazade," however, that the magnificent Revalles has made her reputation. As "Cleopatra" in the exotic melodrama based on one of Gautier's tales, she has made herself the roost famous personage in the bal let roster. The story has to do with an amorous Egyptian youth, who has seen the Queen of the Sapphire Nile, defied her courtiers, renounced his love. The queen is amazed by his devotion, and while her slave girls dance bacchanales with black servi teurs and strew sweet-scented rose leaves on her gilded couch, she grants his request. But his triumph is short. Swift death by some rare poison fol lows, administered in a careless mo ment by the historic beauty. Again as "Thama," the wicked Cau casian queen. Mile. Revalles has es tablished herself supreme In the art ol pantomime. In a vast and magnificent castle. Thamar awaits her lovers, only to send them to doom in the turbulent waters, which wash around the walls below. The setting Of this court is re garded as one of Bakst's most vigorous works, and gives the effect of enorm ous height in a manner heretofore un known to the stage. SCHOOL PROTEST IN Parents Opposed to Sex Seg regation Proposal. PACIFISTS ARE UP IN ARMS MILK CONTEST UNDER WAY Samples Gathered From Delivery Wagons for Federal Test. A contest by the city milk Inspec tion bureau under the direction of the United States Bureau of Animal Indus try was completed yesterday, when the Inst of the samples of milk were gathered from dairymen on" their routes. The milk is being analyzed for odor, flavor, butterfat, solids and gen eral purity and cleanliness, and the dairymen will be rated on a quality basis. This Is the fourth contest of the kind conducted in Portland during the year. The dairymen were met on their routes by milk and dairy inspectors and camples of the milk being delivered were taken. The dairymen were not Informed that the contest was on. The scores will be made public as soon as the analyses are completed. SAYS A CORN ACTS LIKE ELECTRIC BELL Tells Why a Corn Is So Painful and Says Cutting Makes Them Grow. Press an electrlo button and you form a contact with a live wire which rings the bell. When your shoes press against your corn it pushes its sharp .roots down upon a sensitive nerve and you get a shock of pain. Instead of trimming your corns, which merely makes them grow, just step into any drug store and ask for a quar ter of an ounce of freezone. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to re move every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. A few drops applied directly upon a tender, aching corn otops the soreness Instantly, and soon the corn shrivels up so it lifts right out, root and all, without pain. This drug never Inflames or even Irritates the ur rounding tissue or siln. Adv. Mrs. P. G. Xealon Scouts Suggestion of Better Morals, Declaring Su pervision of Youths During Leisure More to Point. Segregation of boys and girls in sep arate schools, as proposed by a School Board committee. Is not meeting with entire favor on the part of those most thoroughly acquainted with school af fairs. It is asserted that it is not likely to be approved by parents, ana that girls will not come to the West Side hj?h school provided for them from distant points on the East Side, nor will boys be inclined to travel long distances to attend their particular segregated high school. The new plan contemplates a military training of the girls as well as the boys. Girls are to be put through drills and evolutions, while at the same time they will be given training in first-aid and other lines that will be much of the character of work under taken at the girls' camp at Vancouver, Wash., last Summer. There are many Portland people who did not "raise their boys to be sol diers," much less their daughters, and thl3 military feature is certain to be unpopular with a considerable group of pacifists of the city. Immorality Cry Ridiculed. It is further declared by those who oppose the segregation of sexes in the city schools that the plea of Immor ality, advanced as the reason for the new school plan, is very much of the alarmist order. Immorality is not ram pant, by any means, among the youth of the local high schools, it is de clared, and the insinuation that is conveyed is resented. Mrs. P. G. Nealon, president of the Buckman Parent-Teacher Association, is one who does not favor the segre gation plan. &hs said: "I cannot see what good mere seg regation of tho sexes can accomplish. It cannot be seriously urged that mere presence of the other sex is enough to account for poor work. Things have come to a pretty pass If so normal a situation as the meeting; of the sexes under the supervision of good teachers is able to cause such grave disturb ance as is charged by those favoring segregation. "I believe the trouble, if it can be -proved that there is any, in our high schools should be looked for in another direction. The mere absence or girls, per se. will not make tho work more Interest lng or more vital to the boys. Mere segregation would not Jteep. our. boys from dropping out or stimulate their interests in study. "We should remedy the condition by getting at the real cause, and this . . 1 . l J I . 1 s, uuuiu u uuno wunuui lending me Buia luiuugu luo cruwaeu ciLy, re gardless of what they do in their leis ure hours, or the extra expense to the parents and without the necessity of a complete reorganization of two large schools as a consequent demoralization of the school work for a long period of time. "After all la said and done, if the school work is to be a training for life, why shouldn't the school environ ment be made as normal as possible? Boys and girls must get along with one another outside of school and in days after graduation. That should be part of their education in matters, manners and morals. Will it help our boys to be educated under artificial, monastic conditions? "The whole problem should be han dled fundamentally. I am afraid mere segregation would be a very super ficial, thoughtless way of handling it. "If parents would adopt the advice of the Council of the Parent-Teacher Association, and give more thought, care and supervision to leisure time of the children, how and where it is spent, and realize that encouragement of constructive use of that leisure time in the home environment, the problem might be solved there." . .. , . tThe Sonora is invariably selected in preference, when heard in comparison. We! ;?' M,! ' i --. V- i'. , t?h t To A Record Be Proud Of ; - T k -. n v v Y t r-- I'll ! I I I iHil'j lit r v. .... ,. BOXORA ELITE ft $175 Oak-or Mahogany Vcr . ir.-.' : HERE ARE A FEW SONORA FEATURES: Its exquisite mellow tone, due to exclusive features in its man ufacture, perfection of workmanship and design. Tone Control This fascinating; feature, by which the music may swell and die away at will, adds jrreatly to the pleasure of the listener. Its purpose is to fit the sound to the size of the room without disturbing' the melody. The method is a patented one and an exclusive feature with the Sonora. Universal Playing, by which the Sonora plays all makes of disc records, diamond, sapphire, needle, etc., perfectly. The Motor is long running and absolutely silent. It runs near- ly twice as long as any other motor made at the same price. The Envelope Filing System of the Sonora is remarkable for its simplicity, neatness and the ease with which any record may be found at will. The Beautiful Flowing Lines of Sonora cabinets speak for themselves. The design and construction of many cabinets are patented and constitute another exclusive Sonora feature. - The constant pleasure and satisfaction to be gotten from a Sonora rests in the perfection with which all parts are assembled and the manner in which each plays its part in the making of the incomparable Sonora Phonograph 60XORA DEPEMAIi $100 Fumed or Golden Oak Mahogany or Sheraton 7 ' rtr "'- "' - - 1 .in: MANUFACTURED BT Sonora Phonograph Corporation . . , - . . . . : . '..t.:1 . NEW TORK. SOXORA BABY GRANT) $150 Oak or Mahogany PRICES$45, $60, $75, $100, $150, $175, $225, $350, $1,000. SOXORA TROUBADOUR $75 Fumed or Golden Oak Mahogany or Sheraton 1 B3ZBES Sold on Easy Terms by VICTROLAS 433-435 WASHINGTON STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON SONORAS GRAFONOLAS Leona Hatchings Laid to Rest. The funeral of Iona M. Hutchln)? was held Friday afternoon at Fin ley's chapel. Rev. C. E. Cllne offi ciated. Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and Mrs. Gladys Saxton sang. The pallbearers were: E. J. Chamberlain, A- W. Sharp, Lou Stroup. W. lloscetter. Harvey Frisk and John Ward. The interment" was at Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Hutch inps was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C Dobelbower and sister of Mrs. Cora Evans. Will Content Is ITeard. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Dec. 1. (Special.) County Judge Marlon Hanks, sitting as Judge of the Probate 'ourt. has completed the taking of testimony In the case of Henrietta Melhase against Gus lie'.hase and other beneficiaries under tho will of Fred Melhase, late husband of plain tiff. Judge Hanks has the case under advisement. It is reported that no matter for whom the decision Is given the cas will be appealed to the Cir cuit Court. Mrs. Melhase is attempting to break her husband's will. J loose Band to Give Concert. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Dec. 16 (Spe cial.) A sacred concert will be given Sunday arternoon. December 24. at the Liederkranz ' Hall by the Chehalla Moone hand. .-.'V". 1 1 irrVtofcm A-fiCeiat Waited! to handle large local territory for Eastern Factory building big line of Commercial Bodies for Fords 25 STYLES $6.50 UP BODIES ARE PAINTED AND TRIMMED READY TO USE THE DAY WANTED . This Saves Many Weeks of Expensive Delay Having Them Built and Painted. If you have $2500 to $3000 to invest and care to derate your time to a good money-making; proposition that is permanent and growing or add this agency on to your present business, write promptly giving address and phone number to "EASTERN J?0DY MFGR." -Care Hotel Portland, Portland Manager here about Dec. 19 to 21 to establish agency. EXCURSIONS TowiMriiitmil North Bank Rail and Ocean Route. Round Trip to San Francisco, in- H' c I u d i n 2: Berth, PJgi Meals and Extras $26.70 FIRST CLASS S. S. Northern Pacific Sails Dec. 9. 14. 19. 23. 28. Lv. S. F. Jan. 4. 9. 13. 18. 23. 27 FROM Portland, Eugene, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, For est Grove, Hillsboro, St. Helens, Rainier, Astoria, Ft. Stevens and Seaside and intermediate points. LOS ANGELES Round Trip $42.50 Selling dates: From S. P. S. stations December 23 and 23 and Oregon Electric stations Dec. 22, 23, 27 and 28. Return limit on tickets sold Dec 22 and 23 will be Jan. 10, 1917, and for tickets sold Dec 27 and 23, Jan. 14, 1917. Stopovers allowed. Attractions in California U. of O. and U. of P. football and Tourna ment of Roses in Pasadena Jan. 1; New Year's celebration in San Francisco. NORTH BANK TICKET OFFICE 5th and Stark. Phones: Broadway 920, A 6671. I i!