THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY .18, 1920
CHURCH STEEPLE HIT
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SPIRE, SHOWING DAMAGE
CLUB DAY OBSERVED
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CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.
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AT GLADSTONE PARK
Washington
at Fifth '
Washington
at Fifth
Jrees in Several Parts of City
i ; Are Slashed.
Women in Charge of Day's
Chautauqua Programme.
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Policeman is dazed
Car Service, Telephones and Other
Electrical Devices Are Put
Out of Commission.
In what was declared to have been
one of the roost violent electrical
storms visiting Portland in years, the
steeple of the First Presbyterian.
church, Twelfth and Alder streets,
was struck and set on fire by a ran
dom bolt of lightning about 4 o'clock
yesterday morning, a number of trees
In' different sec'.'ons of the city were
struck and damaged, telephone and
electric light service in sections of
the city were temporarily crippled and
operation of streetcars on a number
of lines was held up as the result of
motors being burned out on several
Owl cars.
C C. Martin, patrolman of the sec
ond night relief, who was standing
In the doorway o" the Presbyterian
1 church when the steeple was struck,
was knocked to his knees and ren-
. tiered temporarily unconscious.
, ; Rain aid Hail Fall.
60 far as known the policeman was
tthe only one injured by the freakish
i storm, which was accompanied by an
electrical display and intermittent
showers of rain and hall.
The bolt which struck the First
(Presbyterian ' church tore the slats
from, the roofing of the steeple and
started a fire In the belfry. Patrol
man. Martin recovered from his daze
within a few moments and sent in a
fire alarm as the smoke was rolling
from the belfry of the church.
The damage to the building was
Estimated at $250 to $300. The fire
was extinguished before it had gained
ariy great headway. The ladders of
tire truck 3 were too short to reach
the belfry, and H. B. Burrows, veteran
caretaker of the church, led the fire
men up the stairway Into the interior
of the steeple.
The crash of the lightning with the
eteeple aroused everyone in the vicin
ity. The gilt ball was torn from the
top of the spire. Splinters were torn
from the interior of the belfry and a
piece of iron railing was wrenched
from its concrete fastenings.
. , Slate Hnils Aboat Patrolman.
Patrolman Martin was believed to
liava been stunned by the concussion.
plates torn from the steeple rained
about him in a small avalanche. He
was not struck.
.A. large fir tree In Laurelhurst
park, not far from the Laurelhurst
clubhouse, was badly slashed. The
trunk was splintered many feet above
the ground and portions of the wood
were scattered far.
'.A fir tree on the Reed college
campus was struck and the tree was
epllt for a distance of about 50 feet.
Lights in the Alberta district were
extinguished. Fuses were blown out
ind work was interrupted in several
.all-night factories. In Laurelhurst
number of telephones were disabled
and about 75 in Sellwood were made
-useless. Electrical equipment at the
imyunicipal terminal No. 4 also was put
oat of commission.
' ; Four Owl Cars Stopped.
'Four owl cars of the Portland Kail-
, way. Light and Power company were
brought to a standstill when their
motors were burned out by the light
jitiis. 'A Roce City Park car at Twcn
t'ffourth and Sandy boulevard was
f"'Iped at 2:53 A. M a Mount Scott
-"JLr at East Twelfth and Hawthorne
r,:enile at 3 A. M., a Montavillai car at
East Eighteenth and Glisan streets
at 3:05 A. M., and North and South
Portland car at Virginia and Miles
streets at 4:20.
The storm was one of several cot
erirg a large part of the northwest
The sirm followed a day of unusual
humidity.
The weather bureaus rain gauge
Fhowcd that .05 of an inch 3f run
fell. From a temperature of SsS for
Friday, the mercury dropped to CO as
a re&ult of tho storm and was still at
60 "at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
olort'and was declared to hwc been
struck the last time by ' lightning on
Jly23, 1919, when the steel bridge
was. bet on firs.
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CITY BUYS PLAYGROUNDS
mvrvGTox tract accepted
AT COMPROMISE PRICE.
STATE PRESIDENT SPEAKS
Senator Chamberlain to Deliver Ad
dress at Toniytat' Session on
Xon-Partlsan Subject.
OREGON CITT. Or.. July 17. (Spe
cial.) Today wu women's club day
at the Gladstone Chautauqua, with
officers of the State Federation of
Women's clubs of the Portland and
Oregon cluba present. In addition to
m. large number of club members from
all parts of the state. The women
had picnic lunches in the prove near
the symposium building. Mrs. Ida
B. Callahan, state president; Mrs.
Charles E. Runyon. president of the
Portland chapter and various other
officials of the federated organisa
tions spoke during the afternoon ses
sion.
A. large audience witnessed the pre
sentation of "Pollyanna," by Pauline
Luclle Mayo, this afternoon. Miss
Ma.yo made each charater In Eleanor
H. Porter's story live for the audience.
J. Walter Wilson sang, read and
played both flute and saxophone with
an equal facility. Captain Dinsmore
Upton's lecture on "The Four Square
Builder" tonight dealt with "the fu
ture of the youth of America.
Seaater Chamberlain to Speak.
Senator Oeorge E. Chamberlain will
be the chief speaker at Sunday eve
ning's session, talking on subjects of
ittonal import. The Royal Philip
pine sextet will furnish music for
both afternoon and evening pro
grammes. Senator Chamberlain, is to
give a strictly non-partisan talk.
Community song services will be held
both afternoon and evening with
Frank Jenkins of the Portland Com
munity Service as leader.
Following the concert in the after
noon Mrs. Kate Upson Clark, author
and lecturer, will talk on "The
Mother of the Future."
Union Sunday School Arranged.
The usual morning classes will be
omitted this morning, a joint Sunday
school service having been arranged
by the State Sunday School associ
ation. Elton Shaw will be in charge.
Miss Eva Jurgensohn of the Port
land Community Service, who Is lead
Ing the physical culture classes, has
organized Indoor baseball teams
among the girls and boys, who are
playing off a regular schedule during
the assembly.
Dr. John H. Boyd of Portland, who
has been leading the Bible class each
morning, will deliver a sermon lec
ture this afternoon, following the
song service.
Council Authorizes Purchase of
Knox Property In Lower Al
bina for $23,000.
The city council yesterday author
ized the purchase of the Versteeg
tract in Irvington, the lowest-priced
property available for playground
purposes in the district, even at the
price set by a jury In the circuit court
several weeks ago. The purchase will
be made by Commissioner Pier.
Before the authorization was given
W. J. Hofmann, a director of the Irv
ington club, and Jerry E. Bronaugh,
representing the Irvington residents,
appeared before the council and an
nounced that the city could purchase
the property for $32,500, the owners
having agreed to a compromise price.
It is known that the property in
question is encumbered with a heavy
mortgage and at the price agreed upon
the owners of the property will re
ceive no money.
The council also authorized the pur
chase of the Knox tract in lower Al
bina for $23,000. The owners of the
tract asked $27,000 and the city for a
time refused to give in excess of
$21,340. The property is assessed at
$16,000 and is said to be' the only
available tract in this district.
4 00 0 Cases of Beans.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. July 17. (Spe
cial. --M. C. Mumaw, manager of the
Montesano Packing company, an
nounced today that the firm's cannery
would be opened about August 1.
At that time, Mr. Mumaw says, the
company expects to have a pack of
beans amounting to 4000 cases. About
25 acres of beans lave been planted
over, the harbor for the company, he
Kays.. Five acres are in near Porter,
four near Oakviile, five near Tulips,
two at Elma and the balance at Mon
tesano. A conservative estimate of
the crops is about 40 tons. Mr. Mu
maw is much enthused with the cane
berries being produced on the high
lands.
PASTORS FAVOR HARDING
Three Presbyterian Ministers Vote
' on Straw Ballot for Debs.
EUGENE. Or., July 17. (Special.)
r-A ' majority of the ministers in at
tendance at th,e Oregon synod of the
Presbyterian church here this week
are republicans, according to a straw
vote ' engineered by Kev. W. H. Nu
gent;' moderator, who Is from Port
land.'
..According to the count, Harding re
ceived 32 votes out of the 4 cast. In
spite of the arguments to the effect
that Cox is a "wet candidate, th
democratic, nominee received nine
votes. Rev. Mr. Nugent neglected to
mention Chistensen, the third party
candidate, but proposed tho name of
Debs; who received three votes.
Wife Has Husband Arrested.
After he is said to have threatened
t5 take his own life, Ernest Hill, 225
Market street, was arrested by Pa
trolmen Wright and Day on
charge of disorderly conduct. The
man's wife. Mrs. Iva Hill, made the
complaint against him. The case will
be beard in the municipal court on
Monday.
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Dr. Soott to Return From Camp.
Dr.tW. G. Scott, who has been with
the national guard forces at American
Lake for the last two weeks as sur
reon, is expected home on July 20.
According to word- received last night.
CREDIT MAN APPOINTED
W. C. Wilkes Takes Position "With
Northern- Flour Mills Co.
W. C. Wilkes, widely known in
railroad traffic circles, formerly as
sistant general freight agent of the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle system.
and later assistant to D- C. Oilman.
district director for Oregon and Wash
ington for the United States railroad
administration, has accepted a high
position with the Northern Flour
Mills company at its Portland head
quarters, effective September 1.
Mr. Wilkes will supervise credits
and have charge of the Northern
Flour Mills sale of cereals from the
Vancouver and Walla Walla, Wash.,
American Falls, Idaho and Missoula,
Mont., mills. He has also been elected
a director of the newly organized
Northwestern Dock & Elevator com
pany and in this capacity will handle
the business of the corporation, which
a allied with that of the parent cor
poration, the Northern Grain & Ware
house company.
awarded to Charles I. Nagel, 1079
East Seventeenth street North, who
gave the' police the first information
which led to the arrest of Brake and
Moore for the murder, and the dis
covery of the whereabouts of the
body.
The remaining $500 was divided be
tween Harry Calvert and Fred Ma
Causland of Oregon City, who fished
the body of the murdered driver out
of the Willamette river below the
Oregon City bridge.
This disposition of the reward
money was announced yesterday by
the committee in charge, following a
conference at the office of A. Rosen
stein, 193 First street. Besides Mr.
Rosenstein the committee was com
posed of J. Vidgoff and Harry
Schwartz.
The committee announced In mak
ing the award of the money that
police officials and others interested
had been conferred with before action
was taken.
MILL WORKERJS KILLED
Half-Ton Weight Drops on Man at
Bend Lumber Plant.
BEND, Or.. July 17. (Special.) Ole
Dragsvold, sweeper In the Brooks
Scanlon Lumber company mill here,
was Instantly killed this afternoon
when a weight of nearly half a ton
used to balance the cut-off saw at the
log deck, dropped on his neck as he
stooped over. Dragsvold was nearly
beheaded by the blow.
The sweeper's reason for being In
so dangerous a place is Jiot known.
and it was clearly established that the
man operating the weights had not
seen Dragsvold. The victim of the
accident had worked In the mills here
for several years. He was unmarried.
FARE REFERENDUM FAILS
TIME LIMIT EXPIRES WITH
OUT PETITION APPEARING.
Ordinance Making Increase Will Be
Held- Up Because Tokens Can
not Be Made at Once.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 17. (Spe
cial.) No referendum will be called
on the ordinance Increasing Seattle
street car fares.
This was defintely settled when at
noon no petition had been filed with
City Controller Carroll.
Opponents of the fare Increase had
30 days in which to fiie a petition for
a referendum vote. The legal period
will expire at 5 o'clock Sunday, but
as the city offices close at Saturday
noon, the petitioners are precluded
from filing
Municipal authorities declared last
week that no referendum could be
called under state law on the carfare
ordinance.
The ordinance raising fares to 10
cents in cash, or 64 cents if metal
tokens are purchased, will not be
come operative until Saturday, July
24, on account of the breakdown of
the machine which is manufacturing
the tokens.
SALE ALLEGED. SWINDLE
G. H. Swetland Declares Grocery
Store Was Misrepresented.
That he was swindled when he
bought a grocery store at 6534 Foster
road, is the charge of G. H. Swetland
in a suit filed in thejcirc,uit court by
which he seeks nu-rfif ication of the
sal? and return of $395 paid Mr. and
Mrs. John Eastman.
Sales have been less than $7 a day
instead of $15 to $60 a day as Swet
land alleges was represented to him
Misrepresentations concerning the
value of stock and of goods ordered
also are charged.
DUBINSKY AWARDS MADE
C. I. Nagel Gets $50 0 Two Oth
ers Receive $2 50 Each.
Five hundred dollars of the $1000
reward offered for the recovery of
the body of Harry Dubinsky. mur
dered taxi driver, was yesterday.
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Bringing "Better Homes" to Portland
Through This July Sale of Furniture
In Addition to Reduced Price, there is Liberal Credit to Aid You in Making
.Better ilome of Your Dreams. Thousands of Dollars Worth of
'Your Home" that
Good Furniture is Notably Reduced During this July Sale
Special Groupings pf Floor
Rugs at July Sale Prices
In many cases where we have but one rug of a
certain pattern we have cut deeply the regular
price. We list here a number of these rugs;
they are exceptional bargains.
$195 Royal Ka-Shan Wilton Rug, 9x12 size,
S145.00
$135 Trewan Velvet Rug, 9x12 size, S98.75
$105 Cashmere Wilton Rug, 9x12 size, 85.00
$95 Bigelow Wilton Rug, 9x12 size, S76.50
$40 Amber Velvet Rug, 9x12 size, S32.50
We Are Closing Discon
tinued Patterns in Our
Fine Anglo-Persian Rugs
$195.00 Rugs, 9x12 size, priced only 152.50
$175.00 Rugs, 8-3x10-6 size, priced 137.50
$119.00 Rugs, 6x9 size, priced only 89.50
$66.00 Rugs, 4-6x7-6 size, priced only 49.50
Jenning's Special
Sewing Machines
$40
Clearing Odd Dining
Pieces in the July Sale!
Regular $9.00 Oak Dining Chair; Qrj "1 pT
full box leather seats tDe-LJ
Regular $7.75 Oak Dining Chairs; Cr ftC
saddle seats DOVO
Regular $65.00 Solid Oak Dining Table; 45-inch
plank top, which extends to six (J?1K
feet; massive Colonial pedestal.. Hr030
Regular $70.00 Solid Quartered Oak Dining
Table; 48-inch top which extends Qro Krt
to six feet DOO.JU
$117.50 Solid Quartered Oak Dining Table;
54-inch top which extends to eight (PQ? Ftfl
feet. Special at tOOO.Oli
$62.75 Quartered Oak B-uffet; golden wax
finish; beveled Frencn plate mir- Krt
ror; Colonial design tDtli.eJU
$32.50 Solid Oak Buffet with COC 7C
French plate mirror DdJ I O
$150.00 Circassian Walnut China GJQQ 'TfC
Closet with mirror back D70 I O
Regular $80.00 Mahogany China CJCO rTP
Closet; special tDOO.IeJ
Regular $90.00 Mahogany China flJCQ (TO
Closet in Adam design DOOU
Beautiful Bedroom
Pieces at Incisive
Reductions
$76.00 Walnut Dressing Table CQ OC
with triple mirrors iDOV.OO
$97.00 Mahogany Dressing Table Kf
with triple beveled plate mirrors " ' ilvJ
J63.75 Mahogany Dressing Table CJQ Krt
with triple mirrors IV0JU
$160.00 Mahogany Dressing Table 07(1 Kf
with triple mirrors D Vl.JU
$59.50 Ivory Enamel Dressing CK
Table with triple mirrors i OO
$37.50 Ivory Enameled Day Bed, CJOQ QK
priced special at tDUtOJ
$40.00 American Walnut Day Bed, JjjJl ()5
$42.00 Mahogany Day Bed priced C?QQ QK
special at DOO.OJ
A Typical Jenning's
Sale of Small-Size
Rugs
There's many a nook in your home that
one of these rugs would decorate. Choose
now at the reduced prices!
Regular $4.50 Wool Velvet QQ CK
Rugs, 27x54 size 350.00
Regular $5.50 Axminster Rugs, &4 OC
27x54 size ' D0
Regular $8.50 Axminster Rugs, (PfT ?ff
36x63 size 3D.DO
$9.50 Wilton Velvet Rugs, 27x54 Qrj QK
size; now D 00
These are very practical
machines that will do the
work of those costing much
more. They have drop-head
and fine, solid oak case with
four drawers. In quality of
service they will give com
plete satisfaction.
Important Offer!
In order to put Jerninjr's
Special sewin? machines in
to as many homes as pos
sible In a short space of time
we will, for one week onlv.
pive absolutely free with
each machine at regular
price
One
Hamilton-Brown
SEW E-Z Electric
Sewing Machine
Motor,
Worth $17.50
This motor has a 6-year
Buaranty. It is ready for
use, and it includes a foot
operating rheostat. This
splendid offer saves you
practically one-half of the
price of a sewing machine!
Call at our second floor and
see the machine and the
motor.
Stearns and Foster
Ideal Brass Beds
At Sale Prices
These are new beds, just received, but
they go on sale at reduced prices.
Every bed perfect, and highly finished.
All styles and ' sizes " to 6how you.
$33.50 Brass Beds only $27.63
$36.50 Brass Beds only $30.25
$42.50 Brass Beds only $34.23
$48.00 Brass Beds only $37.83
$57.50 Brass Beds only $43.50
$80.00 Brass Beds only $63.75
Traveling Bags
and Suit Cases
for Vacation!
If you're going on a 'little journey
come in and select from these:
$7.00 Imitation Leather Traveling
Bags; black or tan $5.60
$12.50 Leather Traveling Bags;
brass lock $7.5
$18.00 Leather Traveling Bags;
brass lock $9.75
Genuine Leather Suit Cases; black
or tan; brass lock $15.00
Fiber Suit Cases; leather straps;
brass trimmed $6.00
Fiber or Matting Suit Cases; spe
cial at only $2.50
16-Inch Matting Suit Cases for
. bathing suit, etc $1.35
14-Inch Matting Suit Cases for
bathing suit, etc 700
'Neath the Leafy Bough
a Hammock!
Good Woven Hammocks, com
plete; priced very spe- (J- ?K
cial, at iDX.OeJ
Regular $11 Hammocks. . .$8.75
Regular $13 Hammocks. .$10.25
Upholstering and
Drapery Work
We maintain a completely
equipped workroom for up
holstery and drapery work,
with a highly skilled corps
of workmen. We c,in exe
cute any order in this line.
Our stocks of drapery and
upholstery materials is most
complete.
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74574 Quartet In A Minor. Minuet
. ...byElman String Quartet
87567-
-Rigoletto (Weep, My Child)
..by Galll-Curci and De Luca
S7122 Because
.by Knrico Caruso
(Duet of
Oakland, Cal., Batchers Strike.
OAKLAND. Cal.. July 17. Butchers
In the east bay cities' ehopa went on
strike this morning.- They demand
$50 a week, with laundry expenses
paid by the employers.
PROMPT RELIEF
for the acid-distressed
stomach try two or three
after meals, dissolved
on the tongue keep
your stomach sweet
try Kl-moids the new
aid to digestion.
HADE BY SCOTT BOWNE
MAKERS OF SCOTTS EMULSION
89131 Madam Butterfly
flowers)
by Frances Alda and Sophie
Braslau
87531 Life's .Dream Is O'er
by Alma Gluck and Louise
Homer
M iscellaneous
31791 Beloved. It Is Morn
by John Wells
35693 An Irish Love Song
by Laura Littlefield
X) Ah Love but a Day. (Z)
The Tear's at the Spring....
by Laura Littlefield
31767 Artist's Life Waits
, by Vienna Quartet
55093 American Fantasie Part I
by Victor Herbert's Oith.
American Fantasie Part II
...by Victor Herbert's Orch.
70011 Swallow's Walts
by Lucy Marsh
55066 Lucia Sextette) Chi me frena
. by Victor Opera Sextette
Kigoietco wuartet iseila lig
lia dell amore
. by Victor Opera Quartet
45117 Jingles From the Marsh
Birds No. I
by Charles Kellogg
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Birds No. II
by Charles Kellogg
G.F Johnson Piano Co.
149 Sixth St tet. MorriKon and Alder,
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Keep
Your
Teeth
Right
and You
Will Be
Right
Good teeth are the keys to good health, success and a pleasing
personality.
The slightest defect should receive immediate treatment.
The necessity for plates is usually the result of neglecting de
fects until too late.
If you must have a plate secure only the best, ruch as I furnish
at this office.
My plates fit perfectly, look natural and are the last word in the
science of substituting artificial for natural teeth.
MY PRICES ARK VERY REASONABLE
DR. B. E. WRIGHT
Northwest
Corner
Sixth and
Washington
Streets.
Phone Main 2119
Raleigh Bldgr.
Painless Extraction
of Teeth
Twenty Years in
Active Service
Office Hours i
8 A. M. to P. M.
Sunday
lO to 12 A. M.
Open Kvealnsra
by Appointment.
Consultation
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