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CRASH WITNESSES
BLAME ALL DRIVERS
FAMOUS PIANIST TO PLAY TWO
SOLOS WITH JULIA CULP HERE
Joint Recital by Two Distinguished Artists Will Be Given at Heilig
Theater December 30.
No Action Taken Against Jit
neur After Testimony as
to Traffic Accident.
MYERS SAYS AUTO SKIDDED
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 24, 1916.
Extreme Unction Administered by
Priest Who Gets Off Car That
Figures in Wreck Mr.
Savage Is Better.
No action has been taken against
Korman Myers, driver of the jitney,
which figured so tragically in Friday's
traffic accident, when two lives were
lost. Examination of witnesses by
Deputies Delch and, Ryan, of the Dis
trict Attorney's office, brought forth
stories which Incline to distribute the
blame almost equally between motor
men and jitneux.
The accident occurred on Washington
street, near Fifteenth, when the Jitney
driven by Myers was caught between
two streetcars, bound in opposite di
rections. Myers blames the slippery
condition of the street, which was
drenched with drizzle. All of the vic
tims were passengers in the jitney
which was demolished.
An inquest will be held by Coroner
Dammasch on Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock. The jury was impaneled yes
terday by Deputy Coroner Smith, and
the victims were .viewed so that funeral
arrangements might go forward.
Mr. Savage Improves Some.
The condition of Edward Savage,
manager of the Ice Hippodrome, was
said to be slightly improved yesterday
at St. Vincent's Hospital, though still
considered to be grave. He regained
consciousness at intervals, lapsing soon
into coma. His skull is fractured and
he la otherwise Injured.
Though his identity was unknown.
Rev. Father Cestelli. chaplain of St.
Vincent's Hospital, who expired shortly-4
after the accident, received extreme
unction at the hands of one of his
closest friends. Father W. B Cronan,
assistant pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral.
As the venerable priest lay bleeding
and unconscious. Immediately after the
crash. Father Cronan dismounted from
the eastbound streetcar. Without
recognizing the dying man, whose cler
ical collar was hidden by his overcoat,
and whose face was bruised. Father
Cronan administered extreme unction.
Priest's Burial Tuesday.
The funeral of Father Cestelli will
be held Tuesday morning from St.
Mary's Cathedral at 9 o'clock. Arch
bishop Christie officiating at the sol
emn requiem mass. Interment will be
in Mount Calvary Cemetery. The body
is now at the Dunning & McEntee
establishment.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. J. J.
Chambreau, the other victim of the
traffic tragedy, have not yet baen an
nounced. The body is at the Flnley
establishment, and the time of burial
will be announced today. Her husband,
J. J. Chambreau, Is employed as treas
urer of the Albina Engine & Machine
Works and auditor of the A. O. Ander
son Company.
The desire to smoke In all proba
bility saved the life of E. V. Holder,
who was In the jitney crash.
"When I hailed the jitney it was
unoccupied by patrons, so I chose the
front seat because I wanted to smoke.
And it proved a pretty lucky choice."
said Mr. Holder.
Blame Not Fixed.
"I would not venture to state whether
or not the crews of the cars were In
any way responsible for the accident,"
said the San Francisco agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway, who
was slightly injured in the smashup.
"As near as I can recall it, the west
bound car stopped at Fourteenth, either
to take on or let off passengers. We
turned to the left and attempted to
pass the car. It started and as we
were on the down grade we kept pace
with the car. As I recall it, we saw
the east-bound car about a block away,
but they tell me that from that posi
tion I could not have seen that far, for
I would have been looking into the
fire station at Sixteenth street.
"The auto might have skidded, but
of this I am not certain. My Itnpres
slon is that the left of the auto struck
the left of the east-bound car and
then was Caught from behind by the
following car. We were just begin
nine to cross In front of the car we
had attempted to pass."
Mr. Holder is recovering from a eer
lous nervous shock and today there is
thanksgiving at the home of his
bother-in-law, 253 North Twenty-second
street, where he is visiting.
CHARLES H. GROUT DIES
Hotelman and Manager of Union
Pacific Commissary Passes.
Word has been received here of the
death in Laramie, Wye, of Charles H.
Grout, ex-commissary of the Union. Pa
cific lines In Portland. Mr. Grout was
in Portland a year and had occupied his
rosition in Laramie, that of manager
of the company hotel, for only a few
days. He was 46 years of age and
leaves a widow.
Before coming to Portland Mr. Grout
was publicity manager for several ho
tels at the Panama-Pacific Exposition,
among them being the Portland, Den
ver and others.
He was several years ago superin
tendent of service for the Idanha Hotel,
of Boise, where he lived for three years.
LINN MAN, 93, CELEBRATES
Barney Burtenshaw, of Lebanon, Is
Active Each Day.
LEBANON. Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.)
Barney Burtenshaw. early settler of
Linn County, last week celebrated his
93d birthday at his home in this city.
Mr. Burtenshaw came to Oregon nearly
50 years ago and settled on a farm. He
was at one time warden of the State
Penitentiary. He was born in Ken
tucky In 1823. He is still hale and
appears to be about 75 years old.
He is uptown almost every day, reads
the papers every day and usually at
tends the Masonic Lodge meeting. His
wife died a few years ago after
married life of more than 60 years.
Rabies Epidemic Subsides.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Dec. 23.
(Special.) Alarm over the existence of
rabies, and on account of the quaran
tine declared against that disease in
10 counties In this part of the state,
lias measurably subsided here. Many
dogs are muzzled, but no concerted ef
fort is being made to enforce muzzling.
Two dosrs suspected of having the dis
ease were shot in the Wide Hollow,
teveral miles west of this city, this
week.
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HUE. JULIA CULP.
MADAME JULIA CUlip. the famous
singer, whose concert at the
Heilig Theater will be given De
cember 30, is renowned for her velvety
voice of great range and color, and the
perfection and dignity of her art. Crit
ics Unite in the highest praise of this
beautiful and gifted artist, who is
making a tour of the Northwest, under
direction of Steers & Comas. Appear
ing with Madame Culp is Coenraad V.
Bos, the great pianist, who will give
two piano solos on the programme,
making It in reality a joint recital by
two highly distinguished artists.
The Boston Globe, speaking of a re
cent concert by Madame Culn, ..aid:
"Mme. Culp was In the full flood of
her distinctive powers. She had every
resource and ability at ready command.
indeed, in all the afternoon she hardlv
matched her singing of the first song.
SECRET OF MERRY CHRISTMAS
FOUND IN GIVING TO NEEDY
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Plain Little Woman From Farm Contributes Generously to Various Chari
ties When She Discovers Greater Needs of Others Lees Fortunate.
BT MART INEZ MARTIN.
SHE was Just a plain little woman.
Of the hundredS of holiday shop
pers who Jostled her that day. not
one had found her worth a second
glance. To the little woman, however,
this was an event of such great impor
tance she glowed
and expanded In the
consciousness that
this day the dreams
of a lifetime were
about to be ful
filled. After all the
starved years of
her life she had at
last found the end
of the rainbow, and
It was her pot of
gold she was now
coming to town to
spend.
That the rainbow
was represented by
a wheat crop and
the pot of gold the
grain buyer's check
did not In the least lessen the glory
and glamour of this great stroke of
luck. Year after year this woman had
worked early and late to wrest a living
from the farm and keep the children
in school. Tear after year they had
gone without the little indulgences
that make for Christmas cheer and
lived in hopes of better times to come.
Pictures and stories of what a real
Christmas might mean were all they
knew about it.
Dor I" Notable One.
But now, for the first time, there
had been a good, crop and a good price.
so this year there was to be & real
Christmas in their own home, with a
tree and presents and a turkey dinner
such as would live forever in the
memory of her children. Consequently,
although no one seemed to notice It, this
was an epoch-making day for the plain
little woman who had come to Portland
with a fat purse to buy presents and
make a merry Christmas.
The toy shops, the cloak depart
ments, the music shops, the markets,
the milliners, were all visited first.
She was getting the first keen edge of
her Joy by going from shop to shop
and laying plans before making her
purchases. One whole day she spent
in choosing. For herself she decided
upon a soft fur collar and a great,
comfy muff that would mean warmth
and comfort for years to come. For
the children she had selected coats,
leggings, top boots, sleds, toys, pretty
dresses, hair ribbons, dolls, to say
nothing of the candy and popcorn and
Christmas tree ornaments enough to
dazzle old Santa's eyes. Oh, it was
wonderful what the Christmas spirit
meant! It amounted to an intoxication
In her blood to buy and buy and buy
these things she had dreamed of and
longed for all these barren years.
Gifts Made to Cliaril y.
And now that her 'selections were
all made.
she was just entering the
big store on the
corner to order her
purchases sent up
to the farm, when
she stopped to drop
a nickel in the Sal
vation Army's pot.
"Making much?"
she asked cheerily.
"Not as much as
last year," the girl
replied. There were
not many coins In
the pot, so the
woman sent a
larger one after her
nickel. Inside the shop door an ap
peal for the Red Cross met her eye.
She had been so intent upon her .shop-
the exacting 'Der Jungllng und der
Tod' in sensuous opulence and emo
tlonal illusion of tone, in vividness of
diction, in sustaining and cumulation
of melodic substance and contour, in
the transfusion of music, verse, Images
deep into the minds and hearts of her
hearers through her own
"Then ahjo in Mme. Culp's voice were
those hllvery tones, new, almost. In their
inexhaustible range of color. To each
composer of the day Mme. Culp sur
renders herself with the keenest of
understanding, the fullest of response
Out of her spirit, so impregnated she
pours forth music and verse, composer
and herself, upon her hearers until tt.ey
know no other Illusion. Yesterday
moreover, the means unfailing tones
that range from superbly sensuous son
orities to gossamer-like filaments: that
are as rich at the top as at the bottom
of the gamut and mellow beyond words
between."
ping that she had not noticed it before.
Now, at last, her selections all made,
the tension was relaxed, and she gave
herself a breathing spell. The poor
soldiers in the trenches were in need
of everything, so of course she would
be glad to give something to them.
"Which is this for. the Red Cross
or the Christie Home?" the girl was
asked as the little woman laid down
her offering. "For the soldiers." she
answered. then as an afterthought
added, "What Is the Christie Home?"
In a few words the woman heard about
the home for orphan girls, the girls
who needed love and mothering, the
one thing In which her own children
were rich. Gladly she gave her heir.
to these orphan girls, with a thrill of
gratitude at being able to do so. .
Needs of Poor Told.
As the day wore on she was told of
'-he old people and tiny babies, the sick
and the crippled whose Christmas cheer
depended upon the generosity of the
townspeople. Suddenly the muff she
had decided upon for herself appeared
an unnecessary luxury as she thought
of the poor old souls In the almshouse.
The orphan girls in the Christie Home,
she also decided, needed the bright
hair-ribbons and toys more than her
own little girl, who had a home and
mother. The children in the free ward
of the Good Samaritan were to have a
tree, she was told here was a chance
to send them some of the ornaments
she had chosen for her own tree.
With all these new Interests In her
mind she didnot get back to the shops
to oraer ner tnings sent that morning.
hihe had never imagined there was so
much distress In this beautiful big city
mat. Dig iur collar was also unneces
sary, she discovered later, after hearing
about the wounded fireman and the
little blind boy in the countv hosDltal
Her own boy, she knew, would gladly
divide the presents that were to be his
with the poor, helpless boy.
As each new appeal was presented to
her her heart grew warmer and tender
er towara me people who had no
homes, no loved
ones, and when she
heard about the
Bank of Sympathy
in which one could
buy as many shares
as he could afford,
she understood why
a kind Providence
had brought her to
the city. It was a
wonderful thing to
be able to bring
Just a little bright
ness and cheer into
these empty lives.
Her heart ran out in great throbs of love
and gratitude as she realized how rich
her own blessings had been during the
year.
Giving Brings Joy-
It was a cold, rainy morning when
this little woman started back to th
farm. She stood on the corner waiting
for a streetcar. Just a plain little coun
try woman in the same shabby suit
with neither soft fur collar nor warm
comfy muff. The purchases she had
not been able to pack In her suitcase
were done up in a bundle which she
carried. The long list of purchases
she had brought to the city with her
had dwindled to the proportions of
these two small packages. But there
were many people less fortunate than
she whom she had been able to help a
little and her heart glowed with the Joy
of knowing that in her small way she
had helped to bring a bit of Christmas
cheer into their lives.
Her children would not have the tree
and presents and turkey dinner she had
promised them, but they would listen
big-eyed and eager, to her while she
told them about the soldier boys in the
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trenches, far from their homes, many
of whom would never see their fami
lies again; the sad widows who had
given husbands and sons to go out and
defend their country; the orphan girls
who lived together in one big- place,
with no- mother to love and pet them,
no one to come in and tuck tb-- '"o
bed with a good
night kiss; the old
people who had
worked long and
hard all their lives
for others and spent
all they had, who
now In their turn
had no one to take
care of them, so in
their old age were
put off onto strang
ers; the poor help
less babies who
would have to go
through all their
lives with no homes.
no brothers
and sisters, facing a
cold, unfriendly
because their
world single-handed
mothers had
deserted them: the lit
tle blind boy who had once been
bright and full of life, climbing trees
and flying kites, who now sat all day
in a darkened room; the little cripples
In the hospital who could play only the
games that could be noDDlea ana
crawled through; and so on through
the list of them all.
And wherf-their warm little hearts
began to overflow through their eyes
how thankful they would be to know
that through this sacrlfic of tneirs tney
had been able to help a little toward
bringing a bit of Christmas cheer to
these poor souls.
So this olain little woman, sianaing
on the corner In her thin shabby suit,
did not know it was a cold, bleak
morning. With heart aflame with love
and rood-will to all the world, the
Christmas spirit shone In her face un
til those who passed her unconsciously
smiled an Inward answering smile. The
outpouring of good will that came with
her sacrifice had made her at one with
all the world, transcending the limits
of one small cottage, for the Chrlst
splrlt of all the ages glowed at her
heart. And because her pocketbook was
so empty and her heart so full Her soui
could choir with the angels, as on that
first Christmas morn oooa will, gooa
will to men!"
LIQUOR IS WYOMING ISSUE
Measure to Submit Question to
Voters to Come TJp.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. 23. Prohibi
tion will be the chief issue before the
14th State Legislature, which will con
vene here January . An active cam
paign was conducted for the anti
saloon bill submitting a prohibitory
amendment to the people at the next
election. The liquor Interests through
out the state announce an intention to
resist the passage of a submission bill.
Although the state went Democratic
on the Presidency and the United States
Senatorship. the Republicans will have
a majority in both houses of the Leg
islature. In the Senate the lineup will
be 16 Republicans and 11 Democrats:
in the house 32 Republicans and 25
Democrats.
The Democrat were pledged in their
state platform "to the submission to
the neODle of all Issues of popular con
cern." Most of them are expected to
vote for the prohibitory submission bill
The Republican party took no stand on
the Issue, but the anti-saloon leaders
say they will support submission.
Sherwood Masons Install.
SHERWOOD. Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.)
The annual election of the officers
of Sherwood Masonic lodge was held
Saturday evening, December 16. After
the election a public installation was
held attended by the wives and families
of the Masdns. The following officers
were installed by the retiring tvorship
ful master, R. W. Rasmussen, John
Chapman, worshipful master; Charles
Dickison, senior warden; James Hoy,
Junior warden; C. I. Calkins, treasurer;
R. W. Rasmussen, secretary.
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MASONS WILL INSTALL
TWO LODGE MASTERS WILL
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Portland Lodge No. 55 and Washington
Lodge No. 46 to Hold Ceremony
St. Johns Day.
Two Important Installations will oc
cur at sessions or Portland Lodge No.
55 and Washington Lodge No. 46 on the
evening of St. Johns day, December 27
at Grand Lodge Hall. Lownsdale and
Morrison streets. Most Worshipful
Grand Master Will Moon will officiate
and the newly elected worshipful mas
ters. Ray Hurlburt and Harry Cowglll,
Jr., will be Installed by their fathers,
Thomas M. Hurlburt and II. E. Cowglll.
who are past masters of their respect
ive lodges. These two installations are
considered an unusual occurrence.
The programme will Include musical
numbers by the Gul Reazee Band, the
Washington Lodge male quartet and
the Schumann ladles' quartet.
Through the courtesy of Mount
Tabor Lodge No. 42 an Interesting part
of the programme wll be supplied by
an illustrated lecture describing a visit
to the Holy Land. The pictures cover
a Journey between Joppa and Jerusa
lem, and will be presented by Professor
J. B. Horner, of the Oregon Agricultural
College.
All Masons are Invited to attend,
and it Is expected that this will be
one of the largest Masonlo gather
ings of the year. Including, as It does,
the meeting of the two largest blue
lodges of the state.
Dr. Chapman to Talk.
C. H. Chapman will address the
Dr.
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Behnke-Walker Salesmanship Club next
Friday evening at 8 P. M. on "Securing
Maximum Results From Study." For
mer members will give short talks on
the science of selling.
MULTNOMAH WILL BE GAY
Big Hotel Plana Artistic Musical
Event for Cliristmas Night.
Elaborate plans are being made by
the management of tho Multnomah
Hotel for a Christmas celebration. One
of the important features of the Yule
tide gaieties is the big band concert
to be given Christmas night at 8:15 in
the main lobby of the hotel by Mc
Elroy's band of 40 pieces. They have
arranged an artistic and charming pro
gramme as follows:
Overture. "Wllltsm Tell" (Rossini): two
number. Xrom "Americana" (Thurman),
serenade, "When Mellndy Sings." sket.h
"The Water Melon Fete": xylophone solo.
S'und fantasia. "Hungarian LutspUl" (Kelar
la; T. H. Ilenkel: waits, "Espana"
( Walteufel) : for reed Instruments. "A Per
fect day" (Bond): selection from the comic
opera. "Mil. Modiste" (Herbert): (a) "Nar
cissus." from "The Water Scenes" (Nevtn):
(b) lntermezo. "Whispering Willows" (Her
bert): overture, "Morning, Noon and Nlg-ht"
(Sjppe).
PET BEAR HAS FINE PELT
Aberdeen Man Skins Animal
Reared From Birth.
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ABERDEEN. Wash.. Doc. 3S. (Spe
cial.) -A black bear skin, declared by
Harbor hunters to be the finest In the
Northwest, has been secured by C. R.
Pratsch, veteran hunter, of this city,
from a pet bear which he has kept for
three years. The skin Is six feet long
and the fur on it is nearly two inches
ft
Reduced fares from ALL Stations in
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deep.
I alive
The bear weighed 500 pounds
Mr. Pratsch had the bear in his
possession since the day of Its birth,
the cub being born while the dogs were
chasing its mother. He fed it on bread
most of the time and the bruin always
remained playful.
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