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TnE SUXDAT OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. SEPTE3II5ETI 1C. 191T. GRAND OPERA IS ASSURED PORTLAND TWO STARS FOR GRAND OPERA SEASON TO BE GIVEN AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. Don't fail to see this beau tiful piano now on display in our window. La Scala Company Will. Pro duce Eight Classics at New City Auditorium. CITY FATHERS ENTERPRISE 12 t . b ! s a I y i ; - ' xv i Xoted Artists In Cast With Fulgen stlo Guerrieri as Conductor Per formances Commence Octo ber 15, Lasting Six Days. Portland's new Auditorium will be Initiated to the delights of prand opera in the near future, when the city will present the La Scala Grand Opera Company, for six nights, beginning Monday. October 15, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Mayor Baker has arranged with Cal vln Heilig to manage the engagement for the city, realizing that an under taking of such magnitude to be made er. artistic and financial success must have, the undivided attention of a man of wide theatrical experience. As JIayor Baker was unable to devote his time to this fir3t appearance of grand opera at 1 he Auditorium, Mr. Heilig was prevailed upon to assist. The repertoire of the La Scala Grand Opera Company is broad and gratify ing, including "La Boheme." "La Tos- ca," "Madam Buiterf ly. "Thais. "Car Tnn," "Faust," "Lucia "Rigoletto,' "Cavaleria Rusticana" "Pagliacci," "II Trovatore" and "'The Barber of Se ville." The orchestra will number 40, and the chorus will contain the name num ber' pf excellent lingers. New scen ery, new cost times, properties, and. splendid electrical effects will be in evidence. For the first time in the history of Italian opera on the Pa cific Coast a techn ical stage director will be carried, so that operas will be put on in a manner worthy of the artists and the company. -y oted ArtlafH In Cnst. A partial roster of the exceptionally fine cast of artists is as follows: So prano, Ester Ferrabini, Nina Morgana: contralto, Guerrieri de Larra ; tenor, Gandenzi, Sinagra, Corralo: baritone, Valle. Viglinne, Formes; basso, Picchi, Cairol: contralto, Baitalooza. Giuseppe Gandenzi. lyric tenor, is well known throughout the United States. He has toured twice with the Boston National Grand Opera Com pany. Madam Ester Ferrabini. dramatic so prano, is considered by the Italian the greatest "Carmen" of the Italian op eratic stage. Her voice is a warm tiramatic soprano, under excellent con trol. Bianca Soroya. one of the new Fing er r. in the West, is a young and beau tiful lyric soprano. She is well known in Eastern centers, where she has ap peared in stlch operas aS "The Jewels of the Madonna, and "Thais." Signor Roberto Vigkione is a bril liant baritone, with a remarkable range and power of voice. He came direct from South America, .where his name Is well known to all music lovers. Karl Formes of Company. f?ignor Karl Formes Is a young American baritone whose recent de but with the Metropolitan Opera Com pany created a furore in New York. This will be his first American tour since he toured with the Mascagnl Op era Company. Chevalier Fulgenzio Guerrieri. the conductor of the La Scala Company, is one of the best known of Italian di rectors in America. He is known as the "scoreless . conductor. being able to read 55 operas without a score. Pilito Sinagra. lyric tenor, is one of the bright star of the company. His first American tour was under the di rection of Henry Savage as principal tenor of "The Girl of the Golden West." Prices at night will be 60 cents to $2: the Thursday matinee, r0 cents to $150; and the Saturday matinee, 50 cents to $2. The opera will be on a percentage basis with Sparks M. Berry, impressario of the La Scala Company. SCHOOL REPORT NIAOE COIMTV SlTKBHiTEXDrWT SHOW'S INDKBTKDNKSS I.UStS6.74. Value of Building and Other Property Is 'Eitimatfd at Total c 7rroo,ooo. A total of 38.3SS pupils attended the schools of Multnomah County during the school year ending July 25 last, ac cording to the annual report of Coun ty School Superintendent Alderson, made public yesterday. Of this num ber 18.858 were boys and 19,530 were rirls. The daily attendance for the jcar averaged H5.7 per cent, the re port shows. There were 2073 students who com pleted the eighth grade, of which 973 were boys and 1 136 were girl?. A to tal of 7505 were enrolled in the classes above the eighth grade. The teaching force comprised 145 men and 1126 women. The average monthly pay of male ' teachers was ? 1 46.!3. and the average monthly pay of if male teachers wad $106.50, the lowest salary being $6f. The total receipts for the year were $3. 348. 430.72. and disbursements $2, 56. 563. 34. leaving 6i 1.867.38 cash on hand. Indebtedness is $1,08 1 .586.74. of which $856,950 is bonded. The county w o property valued at J7. 500,000. ofilGGS DECLARED SUICIDE Murder Theory Denied by Deputy Coroner Loyncs. All doubt that Jerry TZ. Briggs. whose body was found on Council Crest Fri day afternoon with a revolver bullet through the heart, was a suicide, was cleared up yesterday when Deputy Coroner. Loynes issued the positive statement that Briggs had shot him self. "The murder theory," yaid the Deputy Coroner yesterday, "arose when we found Briggs wa'.ch missing from the end of his watch chain, thus pointing to a holdup: We later found, however, that Briggs did not carry a watch: he merely wore a chain from one vest pocket to the other." Verdict (iiven AaiiiM Itardc & Son. lamagen amounting to $650 were awarded to Peter i.orati and against M. Kardee & Sons in a verdict returned yesterday by a jury in Circuit Judge i?i.apletoii's court. I.orati sued for $-70O. which he alleged to be due for Injuries .ustaincd -hen h piece of heavy iron casting fell on his foot while he was In the store of th defendants making a purchase. I - -tit -5K-- I , (fit V- w4 v ? r hi ; ja - -:.y '4 14 Ji - h - X5x. ?r?5f NEW AGENTS NAMED Increased Crop Campaign to Be Actively Waged. WORK IS IN 8 COUNTIES Men Arc Appointed to Confer With . Farmers in Washington, Hen ton, Umatilla, Marion, Baker, Polk, Clackamas and Wallowa. Throug h the efforts of W. TC. Newell and Paul V. Maris, of the food adminis tration staff of W. B. Ayer, eight new county agents have been installed or arranged for within the pa.st week. In Washington, Benton, Umatilla, Marion. Clackamas, Polk, Baker and Wallowa counties final arrangements have been made for agents. Their spe cial work at this time will be to co operate with the farmers in the pro gramme of increased cereal crops, called for by the-United States Go:ernmenL Aereage to Be Increased. There Is every reason to believe that the increased acreage of wheat and rye, asked for by the Government officials, will be put in and farmers through the state are showing much interest in the programme. "There is but one thing which is just now causing us concern uaid Mr. Maris, leader of the county agents, "and that is the shortage, in certain sec tions, of good wheat, rye, vetch and oat seed. There is, we believe, ample seed, but there are some sections where the farmers have not as yet learned its location. "The county agents are instructed to arrange for a complete check of the good seed supplies in their respective districts. We are advising th farm ers, therefore, to get into touch with their agent and make their wants known. Also, any one having good seed for sale should, without delay, so advise th county agent. If all follow out this plan it will be a simple matter to work out the problem." Co-operative Spirit Skown. "We are much encouraged," said Mr. LORA ROGERS COLLECTS MANY INTERESTING CHINESE THINGS Character Actress of Alcaiar Players Realizes Ambition to Have Complete Outfit of Oriental Home Furnishings and Clothing. THE first of the Alcazar Players to i arrive on the scene of activities is Lora Rogers, the youthful and at tractive character actress who" made herself so beloved last season that even before the season closed she had been re-engased for another year. Miss Rog ers spent her vacation In California and Mexico and has realized what she calls the ambition of her private life, a col lection of Chinese tapestries, wearing apparel and furniture. She was inoculated with the virus of the Oriental when she visited Japan several years ago but her trip on that occasion was in the nature of a hurried gallop over European centers during a Summer vacation. "So I only got only a few odds and ends of Chinese things." says Miss Rogers, "but 1 registered a vow that t would some day own everything a Chinese home boasts of. and I was par ticularly anxious to get a -complete wardrobe of Oriental clothes. "When 1 reached Portland last Fall I found my dream assuming possibili ties and 1 created a reserve fund of all my extra change to invest in Chinese knick-knacks. "I guess I am a familiar sight to every Chinese collector in Portland and when 1 found that I was going to be in California this Summer i decided to finish up my collection. This is the first Summer I have ever spent away from New York and a visit to my home in the South, but it has been a won derfullyhapy one for me. I accepted an invitation from friends to motor all through 'California, and at every hamlet that boasted a Chinese shop, and espe cially in San Francisco and Los Ange les. 1 squandered all my luoney in lovely purchases. "I've teakwood tables with nothin? to eat on "em, tapestries and no walls to hang "em on. and marvelous bric-a-brac that I'm so afraid will get broken that I guess I'll have to store it. What 1 32M Newell, "over the response from the County Judges ami Commissioners in complying with the Administration's urgent re juest for appointment of county agents. We hope the patriotism of the whole people of the state will be sufficient to justify the judges and commissioners in employing these arentH in advance of formal placing of the ei lary sums necessary in the annual budgets. It is to be most earnestly hoped that the taxpayers of the coun ties in Or gon will realize the great importance of retaining an agent in each county for the period of the war. In- no other way may we carry out the programme so fully and satisfactorily." PALM OLIVE BUYS KAOLA Output of Cocoa nut Oil to Be Trc " bfed by Enlarged Corporation. The "Eastern interests who purchased stock-in' the Kaola. Company, of this city, in the reorganization deal, an nounced a week ago, are the owners of the Palm Olive Soap Company, a multi millionaire corporation of Milwaukee, Wis., it was announced yesterday. The big Milwaukee company .now controls the stock in the Portland es tablishment and is planning to invest $100,000 in addition to $40,000 of Port land capital that has been advanced to triple the facilities of the Kaola Com pany in handling copra oil which is pressed from cocoameat. Ultimately the Palm Olive company may establish a branch of its soap factory in Port land. $o000 Slander Suit l'llcd. OREGON CITY, Or.. Kept. 15. (Spe cial.) CliarsinK- that M. C Baker, of Stafford, circulated false rumors con cerning the relations between Kaker'B wife and himself, lee Stanley Jacobs, of the same place, has filed suit for $0000 damages. Jay V. Fike. a former teacher in the Washington County schools, lias filed suit for divorce from Lavina Fike. They were married in 1900. Chinese Gambler Convicted. " George John was found gruilty of conducting a lottery game yesterday morning, and fined J3a by Municipal Judge Kossman. He pleaded not guilty. Found guilty of patronizing the game, despite their pleas of not guilty, were seven Chinese. All were given five-day jail sentences. The entire gt-oup gave notice of appeal, and were then, re leased on bonds of $100 each. 4 i 1 .1 vy Lora Rogers. Charaeter Artresa. Who Return, to the Baker Theater With Alraaar Players. ......................... love best, however. Is the beautiful mandarin coat and pajamas and head dress and fans and wearing accessories I bought. . 1 wish some one would strt a fashion for American women to wear Chinese clothes on the street. "I would be one of the pioneers in such a movement, for to me there is nothing so graceful, sensible and ar tistic as the rarments worn by Chinese women. Maybe I'll have an opportun ity to wear some of my things at the Raker this reason. X -; .' ' '. 5 W. ..' i; . - ,i . r i . -,v f --. ' J - -j : fc? i K ' - ..... .: , OREGON CITY TO HELP FEDFJI.Il AVAIl COtJini. LIBRARY ORGANIZED FOR. SERVICE. Officers Are Klected sad Committees Are Appointed to Raise Kunda to Carry On Work. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 14. A Federal War Library Council was or ganized in this city at the Commercial Club parlors Wednesday night. O. D. Eby was the chairman of the meeting and will continue to be chairman of the organization. Air. Eby gave a brief outline of the work of the or ganization, and interested those in at tendance in the work to be taken up for the benefit of the men of the Army and - Navy. The amount to be raised throughout the. United States is $l.nou.000. Mrs. Bertha Adams, the. li brarian in Oregon City, has brought this matter up beTore the public here. The officers electel are: -Chairman. O. L. Eby: secretary. Miss Cls Barclay fratt: treasurer, J. K. Hedges. Oregon City was divided Into 11 pre cincts, and captains were appointed to take charge of these precincts, who in turn will appoint their lieutenants in raising funds for the purpose of es- taoiisiiing ttie libraries. The following are tho precincta and captains for the same: Precinct 1 Madison street to the river and Third to South Fourth street. W. La. Mulvey. Precinct 2 Madison street to the river and Third to Fifth street. Mrs. i. e;. ."Straight. Precinct S Madison street to the river and Fifth to Seventh street. Percy Caufield. Precinct 4 Madison street to the river and Seventh to Tenth street- ilrs. J. E. Jack. Precinct 5 Madison street to the river and Tenth to Fourteenth street. Miss Louise Cochran. Precinct 6 Madison street to the river and Fourteenth street to the city imits, Mrs. Urant B. Dimick and Rev. W. T. Millikln. Mrs. Dimick will have the territory lying east from Main street and Rev. Millikin north Main street from Twelfth. Precinct 7 Madison street to Tavlor and Twelfth to Twentieth street, N. W. Bow land. Precinct 8 Madison street to Tavlor and Seventh to Twelfth street, ilrs. David Caufield. Precinct - 9 Madison street to Van Buren street and County street and South Third street to Seventh street, Mrs. O. D. Eby. "Precinct 10 From Taylor to Pearl street and Twelfth street, Mrs. Jf. M. Alldredge. Precinct 11 From Pearl street to Ely Addition and Mountain View, Miss Edith Bullard. The following will solicit for funds south of Twelfth street on Main Oeorge Hanklns. K. O. Caufield, W. A. uimicK, w uiara iiawiey. Jr.. A lc Jacobs. West Linn Mrs. D. M. Shanks. Bolton Mrs. John W. Draper. Gladstone Mrs. Herbert Vernett and Miss Cls Barclay Pratt. Canemah Mrs. Viola Tate. Parkplace .Mrs. John Kent. "ALLIED" BAZAAR PLANNED Comprehensive Red Cross Benefit to Be Held at Auditorium 4 Days. The most comprehensive benefit en tertainment undertaken in Portland since America entered the war will be held at the Auditorium, for four days and nights. December o, ti, 7 and 8. Local representatives of all the allies will par'icipate in an "Allied Bazaar." the proceeds to be proportioned among the allied Red Cross movements for re lief among their troops. Organization of committees has been perfected, the Auditorium secured and office headquarters opened in the Cor bett building, with Joseph M. Kieg as manager. No definite ?um had been decided upon a the goal of the efforts of the patriotic men and women behind the movement, but it is hoped it will net at least $25."00. Committees already selected are: Executive committee, general commit tee. American Rd Cross, British lied Cross. Italian Red Cross, Japanese, French and Serbian Red Cross; finance, entertainment, booths, decorations, re freshments, dances, flowers and can dies, music and publicity. Successful experiments have been made by chemists at Xew Orleans. La. in recovering potash from mols.sses waste. The new product is useful in thf mannfactre. of fertilizer. The best music is impossible of interpretation on a piano unless the instrument is of superior construction. The delicate harmonies of the classical compositions can only be brought out with an instrument of perfect, true construction. Bush & Lane Pianos are the complete proposition in advanced piano making, created solely for artistic piano playing. All Bush & Lane Pianos are manufactured under the direct supervision of one of the few living piano making experts of this country. We carry a full line of Bush &Lane Pianos. Come in and allow us to demonstrate the truth of our assertion that they are "the best pianos made for the best music." Wholesale and Retail CLOUD CAP HOST VISITS II. W. ACTON BETl'RMS'G EAST UNTIL NEXT SKASOX. Great Increase In Vlsltlna- Tonrlsts at Mount Hood. 'With HlgkmT Completion, Is Koreczst. H. W. Acton, "Minehost" at Cloud Cap Inn on the north slope of Mount Kood. is In Portland en route to his home in New York City. Mr. Acton is accompanied by Mrs. Acton who passed the Summer on Mount Hood also. Mr. Acton is an experienced moun taineer and this was his second season on Mount Hood. He spent a season there about five years ago and expects to come back in tlie future. The Inn closed September 10. "With the completion or the Colum bia River Highway through to Hood River the resorts on Mount Hood ap proached from the north side will at tract tourists from all over the-.world." said Mr. Acton. "Durl.ig- this .season a large proportion of the visitors to the mountain resorts came from the East and South. The. scenery Is of course, unexcelled and the highway trip is something they do not get anywhere else in the wo. Id. The visitors to Mount Hood have learned that there are many things to do besides climb the mountain. 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