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THE SUJTDAT 0REG03JIAN, PORTLAND, JTTJfE 11, 1923
III VISITORS J
RULE PORTLAND.
Automobiles Chartered to
Carry Delegations.
CITY HOLDS OPEN HOUSE
Journey to Sun Francisco Session
Regretfully Resumed as
Tents Are . Folded.
(Continued From First Pagp.)
released tbev wandered about m
threes and fours giving impromptu
concerts on street corners.
It was the bathing girls that
brought fame to El Mina temple.
The members of the band decided to
stage a bathing suit revue and
elected a bevy of their own number
to be the "girls." After that revue
held some years ago, the bathing
beauties of 1 Mina were displayed
in every city and town which the
Texans entered.
Hadi Temple Beats Schedule.
The Hadl temple caravan from
Evaneville, ind., wandered into the
city early In the morning, although
they were scheduled to arrive in
the afternoon.
"We always believe In being
ahead of time," xplalned one of
the members, "and then we never
miss anything."
As if by habit the majority of
the 150 men and women who came
on the Bagdad special from Butte,
Mont., made a beeline for the Press
club rooms as soon as they reached
the city. This was the Bagdad head
quarters in 1920 and they just had
to go back and look things over.
James H. Cassell, president of the
Press club, threw open the rooms
and gave the Montana Shrlners and
all free access.
The Portland Elks" club also
opened its doors and sent its Bcouts
to every delegation with an invita
tion to "make your headquarters in
the Elks club."
Al Kader Party Departs,
After seeing that all of the visi
tors were taken care of, some
400 members of Al Kader temple
crawled into the berths in two sec
tions of the special train that pulled
out for San Francisco at 10:30 last
night. A. L. Tetu, illustrious poten
tate; A. H. Lea, Harry Cowgill, im
perial representatives of Al Kader,
accompanied the members of the
temple on the special.
William Johnston of The Dalles,
another Imperial representative,
Joined the caravan of about 40 au
tomobiles that left Portland early in
the week few California. '
The Al Kader delegation will re
turn to Portland, Saturday morning,
when it will join the boys who
stayed at home to help entertain
the thousands of Shriners who will
pour into the city on that day and
Sunday.
SHREVERS DUE Hi MECCA
Vanguards Already Arrive in San
Francisco for Jubilee.
SAN FRANCrsCO. June 10. From
the spires of slender minarets at
the city's gates come the voices of
the city's faithful, crying:
"Welcome!''
Such is the spirit of San Fran
Olsco'on the eve of the Shrine golden
jubilee.
Vanguards of the fezzed hosts al
ready have taken up their headquar
ters in the city. Hillah temple,
bringing nobles from Ashland, Med
ford, Jacksonville and Grants Pass,
Or., was first to enter Mecca and
was greeted by Islam of San Fran
cisco with drum and fife corps and
a huge hospitality. Hillah-is one of
the youngest temples on Shrine ar
chives and boasts one of the oldest
Shriners. C. C. Wisenberger, 74 years
old, standard bearer for Hillah in
all parades.
Twenty-six special trains are due
tomorrow. Sunday will be a day of
music and feasting and the renew
ing of old friendships, and of pa
rades. Medford Greets Shriners. "
MEDFORD, Or.. June 10. (Spe
cial.) The first of the many Shriner
special trains to pass through here
en route to San Francisco arrived
at 4:30 this afternoon, bearing Hella
temple of Dallas, Texas. The arri
val was heralded by the blowing of
a steam siren whistle, and in less
than 15 minutes 200 automobiles and
more than 1000 persons were at the
train. Hella temple band and men's
chorus gave a concert during the
stop and generally livened up
things hereabouts. Medford will
greet all special trains passing
through tomorrow and Monday with
roses and other courtesies.
Shrine Sidelights
Aladdin's band, with a member
ship of more than 100, is the second
largest Shrine band in the country.
This band won first prize in a con
test put on by Nile temple of Se
attle in 1920. William B. Hesten,
Columbus business man. is leader.
and lawyers, doctors and men of
varied professions play in the band.
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Fred W. Clement, y.'ho waa in
Portland vesterdav with th AinnA
delegation from Boston, recently I
composed a march called "Song of I
the Soldier" and dedicated it to all
ho sang It in France. .
.
The women of Al Kader temple
have been on the job for two days
with a reception room at both the
Multnomah and Imperial hotels,
where flowers were presented to all
of the visiting women. Eric V.
Hauser, proprietor of the Multno
mah hotel, gave up his own suite of
rooma to be used as a reception room
for the women.
m
'Don't people steal your wonder
ful roses that grow in the parkings
along your streets?" asked Mrs.
Charles D. Morris, wife of the po
tentate of Moila temple of St. Jo
seph, Mo., after she returned from a
trip through the residential dis
tricts of the city. Mrs. Morris
couldn't understand that roses can
grow in euch profusion that people
dOMf think of stealing them.
Thimbles were the souvenirs
handed out by members of Calam
temple of Lewiston, Idaho. Calam
is one of the smaller temples in
Shrinedom, but what it lacks in sise
is made up In the enthusiasm of its
members.
"In Old Galveston," a catchy,
swtngy aong written by two Galves
ton Shriners. was distributed to
Portlanders yesterday by members
of the El Mina delegation.
.
"Doc" R. R. Rathbone, potentate
of Bagdad temple, has arranged to
make a atop this morning in south
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ern Oregon, where some minister of
the gospel will be drafted to preach
a short sermon for the Montana
boys and girls.
'
To be chairman of a democratic
state committee and yet have the
honor of aiding in the entertain
ment of a republican president was
the honor which was recently be
stowed upon Benton McMillin of
Houston, Texas, who arrived in
Portland yesterday with the tribes
men of Arabia temple. Mr. McMillin
is chairman of the Texas democratic
committee, but when President
Harding went to Texas on a fishing
trip he was one of the members of
the party that met the chief execu
tive and accompanied him.
DIPLOMAS GIVEN, TO 16
Independence High School Senior
Class Puts On Play.
MONMOUTH. Or., June JO. (Spe
cial.) Sixteen diplomas were award
ed at the graduating exercises at
the Independence high school Friday
nignt. An address was given by
Professor J. B. Horner of the Ore- I
gon Agricultural college on "Ore
gon, a Wonderland." D. E. Fletcher,
chairman of the school board, pre
sented diplomas to the following
pupils: Leslie Clemo, Thelma Will
iams, Florence Hartman, Gertrude
Stephens, Bessie Plessinger, Velma
Heffley, William Kolb Jr.,. Ruth
Dickinson, Wilbur Underhill, Alice
Bilker, Thelma Alexander, George
Bullock, Mildred Dawes and Nellie
Burch.
The senior class play. "When a
Feller Needs a Friend," was given
at the Isis theater Thursday eve
ning and Wednesday the class day
programme was given.
20 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Monmouth High School Graduates
Hold Exercises.
MONMOUTH, Or:, June 10. (Spe
cial.) Graduating exercises were
held at the Monmouth high school
Friday night when 20 students were
awarded diplomas. The address to
the class was given by Dr. U. G.
Dunach of the Oregon Agricultural
college and the diplomas were pre
sented by the principal. L. U Good
ing.x Those who received diplomas were
Elsie Canterbury, Pearl Conkey.
Anna Deming. Vera Dodson. Doris
Henry. Elva Nlssen. Silver Phillip.
Bernice Stewart. Daisv Fera-uson.
Thyra Staata, Florence Henry.
Joseph .Staati, Dorsey Edward
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"Bathing Beauties" presented by 'El Mina temple, Galveston, Tex.f
right, three Spokane aobles serenading Nels Laraon, Portland traffic
cop. Third row Lrft, a amallng Shrlnereaa from Lewiston, Idaha,
Benton McMillin, turpentine king of Houston, Tex. Right, Al Kader
hospitality gang greet four charming girls from 1 Mina temple. Gal
veston, one of whom is wearing special El Mina cape. Bottom Three
smiling faces from Bagdad temple, Butte, Mont. - .
John Green, Earl Keeney, John B.
Stump Jr., Carl Tetherow. Carl Dod
son, Neal Edwards and Harold Price.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached to the class at the Evan
gelical church last Sunday evening
by J. S- Landers, president of the
normal schoe-1.
PLAYGROUND DEAL DUE
City Council Will Act on Mount
Scott Purchase Wednesday. .
All preliminaries and terms hav
ing been arranged, an ordinance
authorizing payment for lands being
acquired by 'the city in the Mount
Scott district to 1e used as public
playgrounds will be acted upon by
the . city council next Wednesday.
The proposal comes up as an emer
gency measure so that the deals
may be closed and the money paid
I over at once. ...
I The largest payment to be made
under approval of Commissioner Pier
of Butte. Mout. Second row Left,
is that of $7000 to B. C. and Ida
Heath for a tract on Forty-fifth
avenue Southeast (formerly Selling
street).. Payment of various sums
to other owners is included in the
proposed ordinance.
- Jn acquiring these tracts the city
comes into possession of four small
dwellings. These will be sold at
public auction on the grounds next
Friday afternoon, it was announced
by Commissioner Pier. The houses
are at 7222, 7229 and. 7240 Fifty
seventh avenue Southeast, and 7229
Fifty-eighth avenue Southeast. This
sale will open at X P. M. Friday. On
the same date the city will sell an
old bam at East Nineteenth and
Belmont streets.
Lightning Knocks Man Down.
ELGIN, Or, June 10. (Special.)
J. A. "Masterson was knocked to
the ground Wednesday afternoon
when- lightning struck a tree six
feet from where he stood. It is
believed death would have been cer
tain fcad he stood two feet closer.
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM I S
CROWDED FOR AFFAIR.
Several Thousand Persons Turned
Away Despite Short Notice
Given Event.
Although announcement of a con
cert by Aladdin temple band, solo
ists and chorus was not made be
fore noon yesterday, the public
auditorium was crowded to ca
pacity 6000 persons being seated
and several thousand were turned
away for lack of room last night.
Mayor Baker, meeting bis old
friend, Joe Thomas, mayor of- Co
lumbus, O., arranged the concert.
And those who were fortunate
enough to hear the concert last
night were delighted.
For instance, there was Jack
Richards, introduced as the greatest
tenor in the world, and the huge
audience had . no doubt that the
claim was true. His solo work in
"When Shall We Meet Again," sung
by a trio, took the crowd out of
their seats. They wouldn't go home,
and if Aladdin temple had not been
scheduled to leave last night, Rich
ards and his fellow artists would
still be in the auditorium before the
same capacity house. Billie Church
and Eddie Jones rounded out the
trio.
1 Aifother soloist was Billie Heim
berger, who sang "My Little Gray
Home in: the West" and "Mighty
Lak a Rose." He received a tre
mendous ovation. ,
The band of 65 pieces played a
series of snappy numbers and sev
eral artists had an opportunity to
entertain In solo work.
The chorus of 35 voices was well
received.
DR. SHEARDIS VISITOR
Optometrist Publication Editor to
Be Entertained. ,
Dr. Charles Sheard, editor of the
American Journal of Physiological
Optics, who arrived in Portland yes
terday, accompanied by Mrs. Sheard,
will be the center of a great deal
of social activity by the. Oregon
Optometric association while here
and will deliver a series of lectures
before the members of the aesocia
tion, beginning tomorrow. Ha also
HOW TO FROLIC.
will address the members' forum of
the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow
noon, and Tuesday noon will speak
at the luncheon of the Rotary club.
Dr. and Mrs. Sheard, who came
to Portland from Los Angeles, where
Dr. Sheard was. the principal speak
er at the western congress of optom
etry, will be taken out the Columbia
river highway today. Tuesday eve
ning they will be guests of honor at
an elaborate dinner in the crystal
room of the Benson hotel.
Dr. and Mrs, Sheard will visit on
the sound and in British Columbia
before returning east.
AERIAL STUNTS SLATED
Fine Programme Arranged for
Fire Fighters' Picnic.
Aerial stunts by Vernon Ayres
and Dan Greco will be a feature of
the annual fire fighters picnic at
Crystal Lake park tnls afternoon.
Greco will do the performing on
the speeding plane as Ayres pilots
It over the picnic grounds. It will
be. the first performance by Greco
since he was injured some months
ago. This feature of the picnic
amusements is billed for 3 o'clock.
The sports programme' begins at
11 A. M. and from that time until
late in the evening there will be a
continuous run of games, contests,
concerts and fire fighters' exhi
bitions, in addition to the dancing
both afternoon and evening.
VETERAN MARINER DIES
Captain' Said to Be First White
Child Born in Hoqulam, Wash.
SEATTLE, Wash.,- June 10.
News was received here today of
the death in Port Said, Egypt, last
Tuesday, of Captain Cyrus James
Kerr, veteran Pacific coast mariner,
said to have been the first white
child born in Hoquiam, Wash.
At the time of his death Captain
Kerr was commanding the steamer
West Canon. He was 51 years old.
Last of Yamhills Passes.
DALLAS,' Or., June 10. (SpeciaL)
Frank Bonds, aged about 75, died
at his home at Grand Ronde June 5.
He- was' the last of the Yamhill tribe
of Indians, original settlers of the
Grand Ronde Indian reservation. In
his younger days he was a man of
considerable prominence and influ
ence among his people.
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101 TO EE1M
iFinancier Refuses to Help
Sell Bonds Here.
ATTITUDE ABROAD CAUSE
French and British Difference on
Reparations Declared to
Invalidate Credits.
PARIS, June 10. (By the Asso
dated Press. Solution of tne
European economic problems, inso
far as thev depend for their solu
tion unon an international loan to
Germany, in which the American
investor would take, part, is not
possible without a general settle
ment, declared J. Pierpont Morgan,
New York banker, in a statement
Mr. Morgan, the American repre
sentative on the international com
mittee of bankers, who have been
advising with the allied reparation
commission concerning me possi
bility of an International loan to
Germany, said that in his opinion
the two fundamental conditions of
American participation In such an
enterprise were unanimity among
the leaders and the establishment
of the credit of the borrower.
The reparation commission, by
voting 3 to 1 that the committee of
bankers should discuss an ques
tions which might have a bearing
unon the general re-establishment
of German credit. Mr. Morgan saia.
had shown that the first condition,
namely, unanimity, had not been
met. -
Fench Statementa Cited.
Official French government state
menta made while the bankers were
deliberating to the effect that they
were attempting to decrease tne
Germaa debt, he declared, and that
this could not be tolerated by tne
French government, had served to
convince the '.ankers that the sec
ond condition the establishment of
Germany's credit, could hot be met
He declared, however, that the
committee had never thought tnat
it had any power to pass upon eums
owing by the German government,
hut merely that it had been re
quested to advise the reparations
commission as to a oasis upuu
which Germany could raise a loan.
Ho aaiii there had been no aiscus-
slon of the capital amounts oi
reparations payments, but only or
a possible arrangement for annual
payments, and these, either in cash
or in kind, were the only methods
whereby Germany could enect pay
ment of her just deDts.
Text la ftuoted
The text of Mr. Morgan's state
mATit. follows:
"When I waa invited by the rep
arations commission to serve on the
..nkB s.r.mmittee- I had some hesi
tation in accepting, as it appeared
that under the terms of the refer
ence I could accomplish little more
by coming to Paris than by cable
advice from New York. Upon further
consideration, however, I felt that
the matter was of such enormous
imnnrtance to Europe and also to
the United States because of their
commercial relatione wltn Europe,
that I could not well refuse.
"Therfifnre. In the hope that some
thing constructive could be arrived
at, I came, purely as a private citi
xen, holding no authority from my
government, to discuss in any way,
matters under their control, but as
a banker engaged in the aistriDU
tion of securities in the investment
markets of the United States and
only representing those markets
insofar as their condition might
permit.
America Is Disinterested.
"I explained "at the first meeting
of the committee that there is no
interest In the United States in a
loan to Germanp, per se. There is,
however, in my opinion, a growing
appreciation in the United States of
the fact that its own prosperity is
to a degree dependent upon the
prosperity of the allied nations, and
that the prosperity of .the latter is,
In a large degree, dependent upon
the rehabilitation of German credit.
"I consequently believed that the
American banker and investor could
be interested to a substantial de
gree in the purchase of German ob
ligations if two fundamental condi
tions were satisfactorily established.
"First, such a loan should be at
the request and would be for the
benefit of the allied nations. This
could in no way be better expressed
than .by the active co-operation of
the private bankers of the allied
countries in the distribution of the
German securities to their nationals.
Grrmon Co-operation Needed.
"Second, through the technical se
curity to be given by Germany and
the rehabilitation of its internal fi
nancial situation. Germany should
clearly ehow a desire to meet its
obligations in the hope that by ful
fillment of these obligations it
could re-establish its credit as one
of the commercial nations of the
world. v
"Shortly stated, therefore, the two
fundamental conditions of American
participation were, in my opinion,
unanimity among the leaders and
the establishment of the credit of
the borrower. .
"Early in the discussion .of the
committee it became apparent that
there was a difference between the
English and French texts of the ref
erence from the reparations com
mission to the bankers' comrnittee.
This difference touched the very
root of the matter, in that the
French reading definitely prohib
ited the committee from giving con
sideration to the schedule of pay
ments as now determined, thus pre
venting any practical recommenda
tions as to the basis upon which a
loan to a potentially solvent Ger
many could be devised.
English Text Different.
"The English text, on the other
hand, was susceptible of a broader
interpretation. The committee, how
ever, impressed with the impor
tance of, the subject under consid
eration, rather than report imme
diately that no loan was possible
under the terms of the reference,
asked the reparations commission to
define exactly the terms of refer
ence. An answer received, which
was supported only by three of the
four members of the reparations
commission,. the French member dis
senting, to the effect that the com
mittee should discuss all questions
which might have a bearing upon
the general re-establishment of
Germany's external credit.
"In the meantime, official state
ments had been made in Paris to the
effect that the banker's committee
was attempting to decrease the
amount of the German obligation to
the reparations t commission, and
that this could not be tolerated by
the French government. The com
mittee had never thought, and In
this I agreed completely, that it had
J any power to pass upon the sums
owing by the German government,'
but merely that it had been re
quested to advise the reparations
commission as to a basis upon
which Germany could raise a loan.
"There had been no discussion -of
the capital amounts of reparations
but only of a possible arrangement
of the annual .payments. These an
nual payments, either in, cash or in
kind, are the only method whereby
Germany can effect payment of its
lust debts.
I do not need to enlarge upon
this, as it is fully stated in the pub
lished report of tne committee to
the commission.
In view of the foregoing I am
forced to the reluctant conclusion
that neither of the conditions stated
above, which I believe to be essen
tial to a loan to Germany, could be
complied with, and that no loan to
Germany of tie character necessary
in tne situation could be offered to
and purchased by the American in
vestor. As it was to advise on this
point alone that I was invited to
serve on the committee by the rep
arations commission, it was neces
sary for me to expiate this fact to
the committee, as I am not compe
tent ana am tnerefore unwillme to
advise on matters which pertain
solely to the European governments.
General Settlement Hade.
"I am now and shall continue to
be ready to do everything in my
power to assist in the eolution of
the pro-blema which confront the
economic life of Europe, but I be
lieve that insofar as euch prob
lems depend for their solution upon
an international loan to Germany, in
which theAmerican investor would
take part, the solution i not pos
sible without a general settlement
of the reparations question, and
only as a part of such settlement
Undoubtedly a settlement of this
question involves the consideration
and arrangement of macy other
questions which must be settled be
tween the governments in order to
arrive at the unanimity required for
the first condition of a loan;
I ' shall, of course, aa I have
stated to the reparations commis-
sloh, be ready at any time to re
turn and do anything in my power
when conditions permit and the
conditions permit and the commis
sion may so desire."
WATER SYSTEM PLANNED
Extension of Milwaukie Mains to
Oak Lodge Proposed.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 10
(Special.) The Incorporation of the
newly formed Oak Lodge water dis
trict, in the system of Milwaukie,
will be considered at a meeting of
the council at Milwaukie Monday
night. A .proposition for the exten
sion of the Milwaukie mains has
been presented by the district at the
recommendation of the engineers
who were employed to outline the
system.
The Oak Lodge district embraces
the territory from Milwaukie to
Gladstone, between the Clackamas
river and the Oatfield road. With a
bonding power of $100,000 it re
cently was organized to solve the
problem of supplying that district
wits running water. For some time
the construction of an independent
system to get Bull Run water was
considered, but if possible the pur
chasing of water from Milwaukie
will be planned.
GREEKS INFIERCE FRAY
Two Brothers Matched With Two
Chums ITses Knives, Fists.
RAYMOND, Wash., June 10. (Spe
ciaL) Gus Druches and George
Druches, Greeks and brothers, on
one side, and George Carlos and
John Gamuranee, Greeks and chums,
on the other side, had an altercation
at the Slier mill yard, where they
work, yesterday afternoon that cul
minated in a bloody encounter in
the City bakery in First street in
this city at 7:40 P. M.
Knives and fists were brought
into action freely, resulting in cuts
and bruises on the ears, right shoul
der and face of Carlos, while Ga
muranes received slight injuries.
Carlos was taken to the Riverview
hospital, where cuts and wounds
were dressed.
The fight attracted a large crowd
and caused considerable excitement.
Upon the approach of the police the
Druches brothers fled through the
back door of the bakery into the
Siler mill yard and "have not since
been seen.
HORSEWOMAN IS HURT
Prominent Spokane Society Mem
ber Left Unconscious by Fall.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 10. (Spe
cial.) Miss Vera McDonald, promi
nent society maid and horsewoman,
was shaken up and possibly serious
ly injured last night when she was
thrown from her horse near Green
wood cemetery. She suffered a
slight concussion of the brain when
she struck her head upon the
ground and was unconscious for a
short time.
The accident occurred shortly
after Miss McDonald and her com
panion had left the Spokane riding
academy, where they had obtained
their mounts. Miss1 McDonald has
been an enthusiastic horsewoman
and is a member of the Spokane
Riding club. In other years she has
exhibited horses at both the inter
state fair and the society horse
show. -
BIG BOND ISSUE ApOPTED
Horse Heaven Irrigation District
Approves $32,000,000 Scheme.
PROSSER, Wash., June 10. (Spe
cial.) By a vote of 221 to 5 Horse
Heaven irrigation district today
formally adopted the $32,000,000
bond issue and incidentally ratified
the contract heretofore entered into
with Howard Amon for construction
of the irrigation system.
The land Is owned in large units
by corporations or by widely scat
tered non-residents, though most of
it actually is in cultivation.
The total number eligible to vote
is about 1100, of which less than 25
per cent voted, but sentiment was
practically unanimous and scores of
voters came from distant cities of
the coast and inland empire by
train and automobile.
Bankers Hold Convention.
DALLAS, Or., June 10. (Special.)
Bankers from the counties of Lin
coln, Linn) Benton, Marion and Polk,
comprising group 2 of the State
Bankers' association, met in annual
convention here Thursday. "!'";i
meeting was presided over by li ...
Cusick of Albany and the set.-i (.
were held in the circuit c u ;
of the courthouse. A banquet v- s
served at noon . at Gail hotel, f :
which the local bankers were hosts
Three Receive Diplomas.
THE DALLES, Or., June 10.: fS;
cial.) The 57th commencement v
St- Mary's academy was held in fix
civic auditorium here last nijrrt!
with a graduating class of -three
The grad-uates were: July Hammn.
Flora McDonald and Justine Kon-
deau. An interesting programme
was given.