THE SUNDAY OliEGONIAN, POItTXAND, JANUARY 21, 1917.
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1 KILLED, 8 INJURED
IN SEATTLE FIRE
Kain and Alvln Michael, who held the
affirmative Bide of the military ques
tion, which is being: debated in the
tate league and in this county, against
the team at Winlock last night, lost.
This was the second debate of the sea
son, the first being- with the Doty High
School In which Chehalia won.
Grand Opera House Burns
and Fighters Are Caught
When Roof Collapses.
LOSS PLACED AT $45,000
KLICKITAT FARMER'S UNITE
Farm XjoanT Assocination Is Formed
in Western Fart of County.
WHITE SALMON, Wash.. Jan. 20.
(Specftel.) The Western Klickitat
County Farm Loan Association was or
ganized at White Salmon on the 13th.
This embraces all territory between
the Klickitat River on the east, to the
western boundary of the county, with
Rector Hotel and Alaska Building
Threatened Battalion Chief F.
G. Gllham, Who Lost Ills Life,
Formerly Lived at Salem.
(SEATTLE. Jan. 20. The Grand Op-era-House,
on Cherry street, near Third
avenue, was burned this morning. Bat
talion Fire Chief Fr.d Oilham was
killed and eight men were injured.
The alarm was turned in at 6:15
o'clock. At that time the interior of
the theater was burning; fiercely. Fire
men entered the building; with hose,
and while they were at work the roof
crashed down, burying them. The tall
Alaska building and the Hotel Rector,
adjoining the theater, were saved. The
Grand, built nearly 20 years ago, was
once the principal theater of Seattle,
but lately had been a moving-picture
and continuous vaudeville house.
With the northward growth of the
business district, the theater became
unprofitable. It was built for John
Cort and was under his management
tor a dozen years or more.
The seriously Injured are:
George Boyd, broken left leg and
bad bruises about the head and body.
Charles A. Hull, broken' right shoul
der and cuts about the body.
Otto Rooney, broken right arm and
bad bruises.
Those slightly Injured are:
I. I. MoGinley, badly cut and shocked.
John Loughran, bruised.
L Brunson, shoulder injured.
L Shaughnessy, cut and bruised.
A. B. Colburn, cut and bruised.
The injured men were removed to
hospitals.
Battalion Chief Gllham was taken
from the flames with both feet charred
and his body badly crushed and burned.
He was rushed toward the City Hos
pital, but died before the ambulance
arrived there.
Hotel la Threatened.
The fire started shortly after C
o'clock on the fourth floor of the thea
ter building. The building Is a brick
structure, extending four stories from
ths street, but with a fifth Btory in
the shape of a slightly sloping roof.
A Japanese janitor noticed the flames
shooting from the fourth floor and
turned in an alarm. When the firemen
arrived the entire roof was a mass of
leaping flames, which threatened the
Reotor Hotel building at the right and
the Alaska buildinsr at the left. The
firemen soon checked the flames. Most
of them had entered the building and
were playing water on the flames from
within when, with a resounding crasn.
the roof collapsed, pinning the fire
men beneath debris and heavy pillars.
L. Brunson and A. B. Colburn were
working on the flames from the gal
lary of the theater when the collapse
came. They were carried two floors
to the main floor of the theater. The
other Injured were working from tne
staere.
Companions f the Injured men
stretched a ladder from the fourth floor
.r th. theater buildinsr to the fire es
cape of the Rector Hotel and carried
some of the Injured men, who were
working on the upper floors. Into the
hotel. Those on the ground floor were
carried out the main entrance.
Hotel la Cleared.
While the firemen were working on
the blaze, policemen notified all patrons
of the Rector Hotel of the impending
danger and had them leave their
rooms. Windows In the hotel exposed
to the fire were broken and the
flames licked Into the building, but
wra krt from doing any damage.
The walls of the theater are still
standing. The theater was operated
by Eugene Levy, who owns a chain of
moving picture and vaudeville houses
In the Northwest.
The theater was owned by a syndi
cate In which the controlling interest
was held by the Amos Brown Estate.
The loss on the building is estimated
at $45,000. '
Battalion Chief Frederick G. Gll
ham. who was killed, was B3 years
old and had served in the department
34 years. He was imprisoned in the
debris half an hour before removal
Oilham, as a young man, was a mem
ber of volunteer fire company lio. 3,
at Salem. Or., a number of whose mem.
hers became well known In various
parts of the Northwest.
HARDWOOD MILL PROBABLE
Portland Firm Investigates Timber
Supply in Willameto Valley.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 1$. (Special.)
Plans to erect a mill for handling hard'
wood lumber In the Willamette Valley
are being considered by the J. AI Pat
tison Lumber Company, Ltd., of Port
land, according to an announcement
made today by Mr. Pattison, who is in
Lane County in searca or suitaDie um
ber. Mr. Pattison's firm deals In imported
and native hardwoods and now that the
scarcity of ships has lessened the im
portations of Japanese oak, an investi
gation of Oregon hardwood is being
made.
MOTOR CLUB ELECTS
Frank E. Watkins to Head
State-Wide Programme.
COMMITTEES ARE LISTED
NATIVE OF FRANCE PASSES
AWAY AT SEASIDE.
Mr. Emma Gilbert.
SEASIDE, Or., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.)! Emma Lorecol Gilbert,
who died recently, was born in
France June 14, 1845, and married
to Alexander Gilbert Janaary 22,
1869, In Paris, where they lived
until 1871, when they went to
Canada. The next year they
moved to San Francisco, and then
to Astoria, In 1882. Several years
later they came to Seaside. The
following children survive: Mrs.
Fred Watson, Astoria; Mrs. Victor
Finch, Portland, and Alex Gilbert.
Jr., Seaside.
the exception of such territory as is
included in the Trout Lake district, and
applied for by the Trout Lake Assocla'
tion. Sixty-seven applications have al'
ready been received. Thirty-six have
signed articles of association.
Directors chosen were C. a. Hilton,
of Lyle; D. W. Plank, of Dorr; C. A.
Wagner, of Laurel; William Olson, of
Husum. and W. W. Hawn, Theodore
Adams and P. Hunsaker, of White
Salmon. At a directors' meeting held
on the 16th, Theodora Adams was
elected president, and D. Hunsaker
vice-president.
TEACHERS ON COMMITTEES
Mr. Alderman Names Assistants for
Education Convention.
Heads of various sub-committees to
assist in handling the National Edu
cation Association when it meets In
Portland next July were named by L. R,
Alderman, general chairman, yesterday.
These sub-committee chairmen are em
powered to appoint their own assist'
ants. The following chairmen were
named:
Advance membership O. M. Plum
met-.
Finance Emery Olmstead.
Auditing W. D. Whitcomb.
Depot reception W. T. Fletcher.
Registration H. II- Herdman.
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Frankel. chairman: Mrs. G. W. McMath,
airs, xsaac fciwett. Airs. j. a. eimmons.
Citv decorations C S. Bratton.
Decoration of meeting place Mrs. C
Elliott King.
Hotele and rooms Hopkin Jenkins,
.transportation, validation ana ex
cursions R. H. Atkinson.
Information and information booths
L. A. McArthur.
Music W. H. Boyer.
City auto Julius L. Meier.
General reception for all delegate!
L. A. Melendy, chairman; William Park
er, c K. tioiioway, Aliss i-iora fclender
shott. Miss Viola OrtschUd. A. H. Moore.
Other social affairs Mrs. Solomon
iiirscn.
Guides S. F. Ball.
T-i i 11 1 i I it Xr.rb lVifi1.iiff mV.Im....
Miss Vella Winner. W. P., Strandborgi
Marshall N. Dana, Dean Collins, C
jxeeue. .
Farm Land Is Bought.
Through a trade completed by W. H.
Morrison, of Helix, Joe Bagwell bought
a quarter section of' land from A. L.
Grover and the lease on 230 acres add!
tlonal, together with the equipment.
the entire transaction Involving a con
slderation of $20,000, says the East
Oregonian. The land sold adjoins the
town of Helix on the south.
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE RECOVERS
FROli CANADIAN ARMY
DISABILITY.
Cliehalls Debating Team Loses.
CHEHALIS. Wash., .Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Chehalls Debating team
composed of Miss Lois Noble, Neil Me-
CURED HIMSELF OF
DRINKING
Los Angeles Man Gives Oat s Simple
Home Recipe That Banished Ilis
Desire for Liquor.
Mr. Carl Smith, living at 905 S. Grand
avenue, Los Angeles, Calif., cured him
self of the liquor habit twith a simple
home recipe. In a recent statement
Mr. Smith said: "I took two high
priced treatments for the liquor habit.
both of which failed. Then I heard of
the following simple recipe which I
tried. It quickly banished my desire
for liquor and greatly benefited my
health. To S os. of water add 30 grains
of muriate of ammonia, a small box of
Varlex Compound and 10 grains of pep
sin. Take a teaspoonful three times a
day. It is perfectly harmless, and as it
has no taste, color or smell it can be
given secretly In coffee, tea. milk! or in
food. Any druggist can put up this
recipe at very little cost, and it is
wonderful remedy.". Adv,
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V. L. Davie
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Portland friends of Linton L.
Davies, Washington High School
graduate, will be pleased to know
that he has recovered from seri
ous Injuries received as a mem
ber of the" 70th Battery, Canadian
Overseas, while engaged In night
practice at Petaws, Ont several
months ago.
Young Davies was graduated
from Washington High School In
June, 1916, and enlisted mora than
a year ago in the Canadian forces
in Victoria. At the time of his
injury he was establishing a po
sition in the Canadian woods.
The detachment of which he was
a member ran into a log and
three of the five men were killed.
Mr. Davies received an honor-
able discharge and is visiting his
sister in New York.
Tours and Entertainment Are to Be
Features of Work for Year and
Organization Will Not Be
Confined to Portland.
Frank E. Watkins, one of the most
popular automobile enthusiasts on the
Pacific Coast, y-esterday was elected
president of the Oregon State Motor
Association. The Oregon State Motor
Association was known formerly as the
Portland Automobile Club and the
change in name was made at yester
day's gathering.
Mr. Watkins was a member of the
club for the last six years and he has
ttended every prominent automobile
race held on the Pacific Coast for
many seasons. He served on the board
of directors of the automobile club dur
ing 1913 and 1914.
The other officers of the new Ore
gon State Motor Association elected
yesterday are: Dr. C. W. .Cornelius,
vice-president; J. D. Abbott, secretary:
Emery Olmstead. treasurer: John H
Hall, Henry Wagner, Jr.. John It. Bur
gard, John B. Cronan, Phil Metschan.
Jr., J. C. Olds, W. J. Clemens, Judge
Robert G. Morrow, Charles F. Wright.
Ira F. Powers and E. E. Tressler, directors.
Committees Are Named.
President Watkins immediately made
up a list of committees, which will be
placed before the board at the meet
ing to be held In the Chamber of Com
merce building Tuesday noon. He has
several yet to select and on the en
tertainment, with himself as chairman,
he added Tommy Swivel's name, with
three more motorists yet to be named.
ine finance committee Is composed
f Emery Oldstead, chairman: John H.
Burgard and Charles F. Wright, while
the highway and state-wide committee
has John H. Hall as chairman. Judge
Robert G. Morrow, J. C. Olds. John E.
Cronan and E. E. Tressler listed. Phil
Metschan, Jr., Is chairman of the house
committee and he has as assistants Dr.
c w. Cornelius and Henry Wagner.
An active campaign for new mem
bers will be started Immediately and
John E. Cronan was named chairman
of the membership committee, with
Emery Oldstead, John H. Burgard, Ira
F. Powers and E. E. Tressler to help
him out of the difficulties.
Toon tb Be Arranged.
The touring of the organization will
be handled by W. J. Clemens, chair
man; Charles F. Wright, J. IX Abbott
and Henry Wagner, Jr., with J. D.
Abbott, chairman; Judge Robert G.
Morrow and J. H. Hall on the legisla
tion committee. The street and bridge
committee has Henry Wagner, Jr., as
chairman, C. M. Menzles and C. T. Haas,
while the publlo safety committee will
have Robert G. Morrow, ""chairman; J.
C. Olds. A. S. Robinson and William B.
Fechhelmer.
From now on the Oregon State
Motor Association will take more ac
tive part in motoring conditions
throughout tha state. Heretofore the
name Portland Automobile Club has
been against the club, for It was not
considered a state-wide affair. President
Watkins, who is an honorary member
of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club, has announced that big things
can be expected from the association
from now on.
The proper marking of roads so that
it will be Doslsble to tour to all parts
of Oregon without getting twisted in
the locations will be gone into.
BIBLE QUIZ COMPLETED
HIGH SCHOOL KIAMIJfATlOJf PA
PERS A It HI VK AT SALEM.
Coarse Is Studied at Home as Essential
. In Literary Work, and Study
Is Not Compulsory.
satftm-. Or- Jan. 20. (Special.)
Manuscripts began coming into tne oi
fice of Superintendent of Publio ln
structlon Churchill today from an ex
amination held yesterday in the high
schools throughout the state on Bible
study, the first of Its kind, held in Ore
gon. The present system ot examina
iinnn naji established by Superintend
ent Churchill after much dispute ana
criticism relative to Bible study in tne
schools.
Under the Dlan inaugurated tne uiDie
is not studied In the schools, and a
Bible study course is not compulsory.
The work as outlined by the superin
tendent is done in the Sunday school
or the home by Dupils who are inter
ested in the study and wish to take it.
It is recommended by the Department
of Education that all those woo mane
trade of 70 per cent or Deiter in
this examination be given one -semester's
credit toward graduation In any
high school in the state.
"I am opDOsea. ana always nave oeen,
to introducing the study of the Bible
into the schools in the regular way
that other studies are taken up. Dif
ficulties present themselves which
might interfere with the democracy of
the school system." said Superintendent
Churchill today. "But as a literary
tudv it is an essential with the pupil.
The examination and plan has been
established in order that students may
become familiar with the literature, the
torles and characters or the, Hlble,
with which they necessarily must cqne
in contact in all their other literary
Studies.
The list of questions wmen were an
swered by students yesterday and the
answers to which will be graded by
the ' Board of Examiners, without
charge to the state, follows:
To the applicant: Answer any ten of
the following questions:
1. Tell briefly the Creation Narra'
tlve and that of the Tlood.
2. Draw a map of Palestine, locate
the country, mention three rivers, t .res
cities and give its approximate else.
3, State briefly what you know of
the following ten people: tJam. r.oah
Abraham, jaooD, aoioraon, uaniel. t.11
.. V. I.'.ll. T?utVi and Ahe-lnm
4. Tell the story of David an Jona
than, and give three other great events
in the lite ot Jjavia.
5. Name four major and four minor
prophets and give some fact in regard
to each.
6. Name the Poetic books and give
an example ot neorew poetry.
7. Write an account if the life, mis
sion and death of 'oses.
8. Who was Abraham and what did
God promise him?
9. Name the Books of Law and sive
ratlve books.
10. Write the first, the 46th or Us
103d Psalm.
11. ivame tnree patriarchs, three
udges, three kings and three noted Old
estament women.
13. Ten tne story or job and- give
your opinion or m man ana tne story.
4 Days
Starting
TODAY
Doors open 10:30
Early attendance
requested.
- Again we start the weelc with thrills of joy with a Columbia bill
de luxethe kind that has won us the loyal patronage of the Port-
- land public. We also, show a Government-approved educational
and scenic Canadian Irrigation Projects.
JENSEN & VON HERBERG, Managers.
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The laugh man he never walks
when he can run; . never enters a
gate when he can vault a fence;
never uses a fire escape while there
is a rope that will take him to the
top of a building hand-over-hand.
But that's not all to AMERICAN
ARISTOCRACY there are pretty
girls, pretty scenes and a plot full
of complications and thrills, thrills,
thrills!
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The Theater Beautiful Sixth at Washington
DEATH COMES AT WORK
GILBERT P. M'GREGOR, OK DALLAS,
SUCCUMBS AT Ll'MBEH PLANT.
Ilead ot Lumber Company's "VVood De
partment Falls VBllo GlTtnK
Orders to Employe.
nit.i.m rr- .Tiui. so. Special.)
Gilbert P. McGregor dropped dead sud
denly on Wednesday of last week while
at worlt In the yards of ths Willam
ette Valley Lumber Company. Heart
disease was the Immediate cause of
death. Mr. McGregor had Just fin
ished loading a wood wagon ana wm
talking to one of his employes. He
. i A .1.1, . . n nl.f. af lumber.
faltered and fell before he could be
reached by the employe. He nad oeen
la 111 health for a numoer 01 years,
i . n. aitrfnrMl from heart trou
ble. Mr. McGregor leaves a widow,
bis only known relative.
Mr. McGregor cams to Dallas In 10S.
where he had since resided. Formerly
h was In charge or tne iocai jimbi m
the Willamette Valley Lumber Com
pany, but during the past few years
had been at the head of the wood
selling department. He was born in
Morristown. N. Y-. on August 1. 15.
In 1888 he married Katherene Kaeguel
How You Can Quickly
Remove Hairy Growth
Ii Grande Druggist Indicted.
LA GRANDE. Or, Jan. So. (Special.
Adolph Newlln. a leading druggist of
thla city, today was Indicted on a
charge of violating the'prohibltlon law.
The grand Jury is still in session but
has jaaxVa ao Xurthsc xepoct.
(Aids to Beauty.)
A well-known beauty specialist ad
vises this ireaimer-L ior me i emu
'of hair from the face: Mix into a paste
some powdered delatone and water,
nniv t n Vi f rv Hiirfa.ee and after about
two minutes rub offt wash the skin
and every trace ox oir u vmou.
t l m MAtiAj4 t nuipk And Antirelv safe.
To avoid disappointment, however, it? Is
well to make certain yen get genuine
aadatons) .adit. -
Wedekind. a graduate of Vassar Col-1
lege for women. He was a graduate
of Columbia University.
In. 1889 Mr. and Mrs. McGregor moved
from New York to California. In 190&
they moved to Cripple Creek. Colo,
where Mr. McGregor engaged in min
ing until 1906, when they cams to
Dallas.
Grays Harbor Of flclala Save Money.
ABERDEEN, Waslu, Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Grays Harbor County officials
spent $25,000 less in 1916 than was pro.
vlded for In the budget, the expendi
tures being $148,094 as against a bud
get allowance of $173,175. The biggest
saving was mads by the Sheriffs of
fice, the operation of which cost $10.
000 as against an allowance ot $18,000.
Little of $5000 appropriated for catch
ing bootleggers was used.
WORLD'S SAMPLE
SHOP
264 Alder St, bet. 3d and 4th Sts.
Next to Jones' Market. , '
JUST OPENED
with a new line of samples for Jan
uary bargains in Dresses, Coats,
Skirts, Suits and Waists. You will
be astonished at the opening; price
on Spring samples. All np-to-date.
Dresses and Coats, special. .$8.95
Skirts up to $6.00 at $1.05
Very high-grade Suits. .. .$12.95
and $7.95
Just give this matter a look; you
will save money.
WORLD'S SAMPLE SHOP
264 Alder St, near 3d St, next to
Jones Market.
Needlecraft Shop
Now located 208 Eilers Building.
. Embroidery Lessons Daily.
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If this community is to become more Important,
if realty values are to be restored to normal, then
the specialty stores must receive YOUR support
and the support of the great majority of
purchasers.
In Judging This
JANUARY SALE
OF
FURNITURE
FLOOR COVERINGS, INTERIOR DECORATIONS,
ETC. It is well to consider the importance of
these three things:
THE HIGH STANDARD OF OUR SELECTIONS.
THAT, WITH A VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS,
, OUR ENTIRE STOCK IS INVOLVED.
THAT BY COMING A BLOCK OR TWO FROM
THE HIGH-RENT DISTRICT YOU ENJOY A
WORTH-WHILE SAVING OF MONEY.
J. G. Mack & Go.
FIFTH ST., Between OAK and PINE
Member Greater Portland Association.
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