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TTTE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 8, , 1021 FAMOUS POET, NATIVE OF OREGON, TO BE PORTLAND VISITOR THIS WEEK. E IS LAID TO FRASER Announcement Extraordinary!- Beginning Monday Morning A FORCED SALE ' Every Suit, Overcoat, Raincoat Tuxedo, Palm Beach Suit, Dress Suit, Blue Serge Suit, Uniform Suit, Sport buit For Men, Young Men and Youths for a Short Time Only Will Sell at Celebrated Poet to Visit Complaints Made Against ex Head of Defunct Lines. Scenes of Early Effort. 2 LECTURES SCHEDULED LAWYERS ASK LENIENCY Oregon Writers and! Other Persons of Xote to Join la Honor ing Distinguished Visitor. Judge Searches for "Way to Reim burse Victims of Wildcat Scheme Before Imposing Sentence. 1 12 EDIRDfflKffllS Cdli TO OREGON r - - an -i y H - ' ".-MX? t - x - s if i Edwin Markham. native of Oregon and considered one of the greatest poets America has produced, will be a Portland visitor this week and elab orate preparations are going forward lor his entertainment while here. The visitor will also give at least two lectures to Portland audiences while in the city, according: to present arrangements. The famous poet, who is also presi dent of the Poetry Society of Amer ica, is making- a lecture tour of the west and will come to this city from California. He is scheduled to arrive here Friday morning: and will be in the city for three days. Arrangements for the Portland visit of Mr. Markham are in charge of John T. Hotchkiss, head of the book de partment of 1. K. Gill & Co.'s store. On the afternoon of Mr. Markham'i arrival here he will be entertained with a reception by Oregon writers in the book department of J. K. Gill & Co.'s store from 2 to 4 o'clock. In the evening he will be the honor guest at a no-host puncheon at the cniver sity club Anne Shannon Monroe is in charge of arrangements for this ev?nt Mr. Markham will speak In the au ditorium of the Lincoln high tehool Saturday night. At this time he will read selections from a number of his poems.f The lecture will be an Invi tation affair. Arrangements are also being made for another lecture to be given by the visitor Sunday. Plans for this have not yet been definitely worked out and the place has not yet been announced. The visitor will leave this city for a visit to Washington before return ing east. The visit of Mr. Markham is consid ered of especial importance to Port land and Oregon from the fact that he was born in Oregon City 69 years ago. Later he left with his family for California. He lived fcr a time on a cattle ranch and later knew the life of the city. He is probably best known for his "Man With a Hoe," but has written much verse which had gained favo able comment from foreign as well as American critics. The lines of his "Man With a Hoe, wjiich wns written after seeing Mil let s world-famous painting, follow Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans tjpon jits noe ana gases on the ground, The emptiness of ages In his face Ana on his back the burden of the worli n do made mm dead to rapture and d spair. A thing that grieves not and that never nopes. Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ex who loosened and let down this brutal jaw? Whose waa the hand that slanted back thla brow? Whose breath blew out the light within mis Drain .' Is this the thing the Lord God made and gave To have dominion over sea and land! To trace the stars and search the heavens xor power: To feel the passion at Eternltv? Is this the dream he dreamed who shaped the suns And narked their waya open the ancient Down all the stretch of hell to its- last guir There is no shape more terrible than this More tongaed of censure of tho world' Dlind greed Alore filled with signs and portents for the soul, , More fraught with danger to the universe, EDWI.V MARKHAM. DR. SISSON WILL RETURN POPULAR SAVANT REGALIjED TO FAOULTV OF HEED. What gulf btwii him and th seraphim tlve of the wheel of labor, what to him Are Plato and the ewlng of Pleiades? W hkt the long reaches of the peaks of ong. The rift of tUva the re4dewlnc of the rose r Through this dread shape the suffering agvs iook; Time's traredy Is In that achlnr attxro: Throarh this dread shape humanity be- trajea, PTandered, profaned and dlsinberttod Cries protest to the judges of the world, A protest that is also prophecy. O masters, lords and rulers In all land. Is this the handiwork you give to God. This monstrous thing, distorted and soul- quencned? ffo-w will you erer straighten rrp this shape; touch it again witn tmmortaiity; Give feeble the upward looking and the light; Rebuild it in the music and the dream; Make right the Immemorial Infamies, Perfidious wrongs. Immedicable woes? O masters, lords and rulers In all lands. How will the future reckon with this man? How answer bis brute question In tha: hour When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world? How will it b with kingdoms and with kings With those wh haped him t the thing he is Vhen this dumb Terror shall reply to uoo, Aiter the alienee of the centuries? REPUBLICANS TO MEET Educational Club to Hear Several Addresses Tonig-ht. The Republican Educational club will hold its first meeting in room A. cerffral library, tomorrow nie;ht at 8 o'clock. Iane Goodel. state comman der of the American Legion, will talk for the soldiers' bonus bill. Gus C. Moser will discuss the teachers' ten ure of office law and B. O. Skulason chairman of the evening, will review the achievements of the republican administration since March 4. The club recently was organized to keep in touch with matters pertain ing to the government and the char tcr is still open. The board of trus tees consists of Mrs. w. J. Hawkins, Mrs. F. O. Northrup. Mrs. Philip Ge- vurtx, Aliss Annie Watson. Mrs. A. E. Richards, Mrs. A. M. Flack, B. G. bkujason. Georpe W. Caldwell and John Li. Day. Mis Shearer is secre tary and Mrs. Frances Whitehead, recording eecretary. Mrs. D. B. Me Bride is treasurer. The trustees al ternate as chairman of the monthly meetings. Clas9 to Present play. BROWNSVILLE. Or, May 7. (Spe cial) The senior class of the Browns ville iiigh school will present its class play entitled "Bashful Mr. Boobs." Friday, May IS. The mem bers of the cast are Katherine Tower, Arthur Keen. Ruth Beatty, James Callaway, Hazel 6chlck, Grace Mat lock. Ralph Hooker, Doroth y Hol brook, Horace Cashow, Violette Gluns and Elsie Holts. The actors are being; coached by Miss Grayce Sage and the managers are Glenda Ross and Etta Talent. Phone your want ads to The Ore tronlan. Mala 7070, Automatio 660-9S. Retired President of XTnlversity of Montana to Occupy Chair of Philosophy Here. Dr. Edward Octavius Sisson, who was head of the department of edu cation at Reed college in 1912 and 1913, has been elected professor of philosophy at Reed, and will take up his new position with the open ing of the college year in September. After leaving the local college in 11U3 Dr. Hi&son became president of the University of Montana at Mis soula. . He resigned this presidency last month and was elected to his new position by the Reed regents following the visit of President Scholz of Reed college to Missoula. Dr. Sisson, with his wife and their two children, will make his home in Portland through the summer. Dr. Sisson is one of the most pop ular -instructors ' ever engaged . by Reed college, and his election to the huad of tho department of philosophy U looked upon, as an important step In strengthening the teaching staff of the institution. Ho holds a degree of bachelor of science from Kansas State Agricultural college in 1S86 and "The Progress of the Pilgrim Spirit." which will be presented on the campus1. The motif about which the pageant centers is the western trend of democracy, opening with the free ing of the spirit of democracy from the shackles which bind her, by the spirit of religious liberty. The pageant has been written by a joint committee of faculty and stu dents, assisted' by Samuel E. James, who will also direct it. Mr. James is an actor and director of 10 years' experience. The plot is almost wholly Miss WillardYs work and the formal text is the collaboration of Mar garet Marsh and Dr. Bates. An elab orate musical setting has been worked out from standard composi tions. The celebration, will close in the evening with a play by the sophomore class, for which extensive prepara tions are being made. I JT fs, w K - I t i " T A " A T C i AS i " I I, -sV 38- :: 'V-: J7'Ji: OREGON MUSIC DISPLAYED Fifty-Eight Composers Kepresented at Bush & Lane Store. An elaborate display of music written bv 58 Oregon composers is included in an attractive exhibit in one of the windows of the Bush & Lane company's store on Broadway, near Alder. Most of the selections Tiave been published within the last two years, many of them as a result of the activities of the composers' organiza tion. Previous to the formation of the organization it was declared that Portland composers had found diffi culty in eetting recognition from eastern composers. Two of the composers represented in the display, W. G. Nash and Tom Dodson, are mot new living. The picture of Tom Dodson is shown in the display. Alexander Hall of Newberg, an other of the composers represented is said to be the only Oregon one who has had a song published in London. Catherine Glen is another Oreeon composer of nation-wide repu tation who is represented at the exhibit. Dr. Edward Oetarlnii Stsnon. f i preffident of Montana State university, vf ho will head philosophy department at Red colleare. was made a bachelor of arts by the University of Chicago in 1S93. He studied for a time at the University of Berlin, and received the honorary dejrree of doctor of philosophy at Harvard in 1905. Among the Important educational positions held by Dr. Sisson are those of director of the Bradley polytechnic nstitute at Peoria, 111.; assistant pro fessor of education at the University of .Illinois, professor of pedagogy and director of the department of educa ion at the University of Washing- on, and. commissioner of education for the state of Idaho. CHARACTER UPLIFT URGED City's Welfare Xot Wholly Physical Says Dr. Bowman. The Importance of development of character in the people who make up city in order that the community may properly advance was empna- ized by Dr. Harold Bowman, speak- ng at the luncheon of the Civic eague at the Benson hotel yesterday. Dr. Bowman conceded the Impor tance of physical development, but eclared the most Important part ot citv's personality was not physical. He asserted that no amount of pros perity or physical welfare could make p for a lack of proper development in the character of the people. MAY FETE TO BE MAY 20 Pacific Cntversity to Stage Pageant at Forest Grove. The May festival community cele- ration of Pacific university at For est Grove, one of the time-honored features of the school, will be held Friday, May 2c. Nothin is being left undone to make this the most elaborate and notable celebration in be history of the institution, and It is already happily anticipated by students, faculty and alumni alike. The dominant feature of the cele bration will be a pageant, entitled I CHILDREN NEEDING FOOD 18.000 Are Soon to Be Without Supplies, Relief Hears. A cablegram received yesterday by J. J. Handsaker, director of the near east relief, from Constantinople stated that within 30 days the food supplies I for 18.000 children in the near east relief orphanages at Aiexandropol win be exhausted and during the 30 days the children must go on half rations. The near east relief is rusning sup plies into the Caucasus as rapidly as possible to meet this crisis, which comes as a result of the constant war fare there. Bundle day for the near eat relief clothing collection is announced for May 25. Mrs. C. B. Simmons, chairman of the clothing collection, will have offices at 606 Stock Exchange. Main 2178. She has obtained as her ex ecutive committee the following: Mrs. Hugh McGulre, Mrs. C. E. Dant. Mrs. Lee Davenport, Mrs. A. E. Richards, I Mrs. Bertha Lowey, Mrs. Nathan An derson, speakers- oureau. ana Mrs. Ralph Tomlinsonv motor squad. OAKLAND1 PRICE TO DROP Company to Reduce $25 0 to Stim ulate Buying of Machines. Effective tomorrow there will be a reduction of $250 in the price on all Oakland model cars, according to ad vices received yesterday by local agents of the Oakland Motor car com pany, one of the General Motors cor poration units. - The reduction amounts to about 18 per cent on the most popular model, the touring car, and' brings Oakland car prices down to a lower level than than they have been since 1919. It was declared that the price droT was not made possible by any sub stantial reduction of either labor or material costs but is based on the I assumption that the public will buy more freely at the lower prices. While awaiting sentence for con viction under the blue sky law, Mar shall Fraser, former head oT the de funct Your Transportation Lines, Inc., has been active in the organization of a similar scheme concerning which five complaints have been made to the district attorney's office, charged Jo seph L. Hammersley, chief deputy dis trict attorney yesterday when Fraser appeared before Circuit Judge Gatens for sentence. "The grand jury is preparing at this time to investigate his new scheme which I understand to be on the same job-selling to poor fellows basis through which many poor men were gulled in the old company," declared Hammersley. Attorney Aasnmes Responsibility. John C. McCue, attorney for Fraser, replied that the charge was untrue, that he, himself, was responsible for the organization of the new concern, known as the Transportation and Marketing company, that it was con trolled absolutely by Its board of di rectors and that Fraser had been per secuted by. railroad lines "making a determined effort to get ' the goat of independent transportation companies." Judge Gatens deferred sentence in the case for two weeks, saying- that he hoped to find some way to punish Fraser and still to reimburse his vic tims. Leniency Is Requested. McCue pleaded for leniency, saying that Fraser had been crippled for life in a railroad accident, that his wife had appendicitis, that he. had served two months in jail before obtaining bail, that his violation was technical and that the "situation arose when Fraser was absent "in a snow storm in Washington." Hammersley replied that when Fraser was arrested he was living un der an assumed name and had to be extradited, that he and his associates actually put up only $1000 in cash in the $50,000 corporation organized, that over $16,000 worth of stock was sold working men who were promised jobs, that the proposition was never prop erly financed and had no chance tt success, that its chief assets were ine beautifully engraved stock certifi cates, and that his conviction had not deterred Fraser from entering a simi lar promotion scheme. Wild-Cat Schemes Protested. The deputy district attorney said that the state's chief objection was the imposition of Fraser's "wild-cat schemes on gullible laboring men se duced bv a plausible talker." Judge Gatens declared he had given the matter much thought but that he was unable to decide on the punish ment yet, saying that his chief inter est was to see the people who had lost money through Fraser's machinations reimbursed. "It is true they did not use Tery e-ood tudement or they would have realized that no man could guarantee a salary of $150 a month for a $500 investment in stock, indiscriminately," said the judge. "It is true that Fraser waa nrtvispd bv his attorney that he had a right to sell the stock in Ore gon, but the advice was very poor. He should show some consiaerauon for his victims before he asks the court for consideration 1n his case. Because of the poor advice he re ceived. I have some sympathy with him from a legal standpoint, but no sympathy for him morally." AUTO CMP TO BE FREE MR. PIER WITHB-RAWS 50-CEXT FEE PROPOSAL. SAWMILL CLOSES DOWN Cottage Grove Industry Suspends Pending Market Adjustment. COTTAGE GROTtE, Or., May 7. (Special.) The Western Lumber & Export company's mill here has closed down for an indefinite period and the organization has been disbanded until there is such a rise in the price of lumber, or such a reduction in freight rates as to warrant the resumption of operations. Only a force sufficient to look after the property and to at tend to shipping out the product now piled on the docks will be employed. The J. H. Chambers mill here, the Bohemia Lumber company's mill at Row River, and the I.eona Mills com pany plant at Leona,.wero in opera tion. 1 Flood of Protest Follows Announce ment of Plan to Charge for Use of Park. Portland's municipal tourist auto obile camp park will be free in fact as well as in name. City Commissioner Pier, who has rharge of the park bureau, announced Friday that in view of the protests following the announcement of the proposed 50-cent registration fee for all automobiles entering tne auto camp he would not attempt to have his proposal adoptea Dy mo council. "I still believe that a charge of 60 cents as a registration fee for all per snna using the city'B automobile camp park would add dignity to the propo sition, as well as aia in ine aeirajms of the expenses of operation," Mr. Pier said. However, I want to save myseu for mv wife and children, tne pro tests which poured in upon me yester day, following publication of my an nouncement in The Oregonian, con vinced me that I am up against a stone wall. . I'm through, at least for this year, on the registration fee pro posal." The city council Friday appropri ated $4000 for use in further equip ping the automobile camp opposite Peninsula Park. ' RISK 0FFICET0 MOVE Tacoma Soon to Be Headquarters of War Insurance Bureau. TACOMA, Wash., May 7. (Special.) Dmnval of the headquarters oi the United States War Risk Insur ance Bureau for the 13th district, comprising Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will be made from Seattle to Tacoma at once. O.ficlals of the bn Than the new low 1921 prices KUPPENHEIMER Good Clothes And other nationally known makes included. Absolutely no reservations. $20.00 Values, Now $10.00 $25.00 Values, Now $15.00 $27.50 Values, Now $17.50 $30.00 Values, Now $20.00 $35.00 Values, Now $25.00 $37.50 Values, Now $27.50 $40.00 Values, Now $30.00 $45.00 Values, Now $35.00 $50.00 Values, Now $40.00 $55.00 Values, Now $45.00 $60.00 Values, Now $50.00 $65.00 Values, Now $55.00 Conditions have absolutely forced us to this sacrifice sale. For weeks men have held back from buying on account of the cold, rainy spring. It is not profit IT IS CASH that we seek. For this reason we have made a straight reduction of $10 on every suit, overcoat and raincoat in the store a cut that ranges from 15 to 50. When you remember that we offer nothing except 1921 merchandise all purchased at the new low levels the realness of this heavy reduction can be appreciated. Here are season-end reductions Buy what you need right in the heart of the season. now when you need it! You Who Have Been Waiting for Lower Prices! Here They Are! Buy Now! See our great window display. MORRISON AT FOURTH Exclusive Kuppenheimer House in Portland S. & H. STAMPS GIVEN reau, acting under orders of Colonel j and it has not been seen since. Today C. R. Forbes, newly appointed chief It was learned that he had forged of the bureau, were in Tacoma Friday I two checks and had passed them here looking for available office space for the bureau. The bureau uses l'lO of fices and employs 185 persons at to tal salaries of 120,000 monthly. A number of Seattle organizations .r.tend to protect the change, which, officials say, wi'.l be of no aail. Colonel Forbes, the original Harding man in this state, was a strong can didate for the shipping board but was opposed strongly by Seattle in terests who wore for William E. Humphrey, former congressman. Alleged Forger Missing. EUGENE, Or., May 7. (Special.) Warrants were issued here today for the arrest of Dick Lewis, sawmill worker, charged with the theft of an automobile and with forgery. Lewis came from Dexter with Ira Truesdale in the latters car. Later In the day Lewis, it is charged, took the car out of the garage where it was stored It is alleged that he forged the name of E. E. Hyland. president of the Lost Creek Lumber company, to a check for $25 and one for $45, cashing on'e at a rooming house and the other at a store, obtaining considerable cash. School Editors Will Confer. TTNTVERSITT OF OREGON1, Eugene. Mav 7. (Special.) Every editor of a high school paper in the state will be asked to attend a convention held here during junior week-end, for the purpose of organizing the high school journalists and discussing their com mon problems. Girls Honor Mothers. ABERDEEN, Wash.. May 7. (Spe cial.) To honor Jheir mothers, the members of the girls' council of the J. M. Weatherwax high school gave a reception and programme at Ameri can Legion quarters today. Masses of cherry and apple blossoms banked the mantel and were effectively used about the large room, while bright colored tulips gracd the tea tables. The programme Included an addresa of welcome hy Miss Alberta Sanborn. piano solo by Miss Sclma BendeUon: vocal olo by Miss Corrlne Paula r: piano solo. Miss Norma Our: responne from mothers, Mrs. O. F. Karshner; piano solo. Miss Helen Bolnewtkl; vocal solo. Miss Ruth Doddridge; plsno snln, MlKK Zelms (Inrretunn. Big Reduction in- OAKLAND Prices SPORT SECTION PACE THREE Something New iAKE-RITE TWIN LOAVES FOR Portland's Biggest Bread Value Two Big Pound Loaves for 13c Now on Sale at Our Three Bakeries 1 BAKERY BAKERy- CAFETERIA BAKERY Efir I BFTWETN I J W. Several inn , , , SC SIZES 1 -" Most I s I Vt' A. 1 Efficient f I I Lowest f I bodr with mtttiuiaf Vial ,M i ' , . .." v 4 I etop Ache. The quick I action Id btine 91 I tches U truly iMiveloua. 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