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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 10, 1922 15 shrine man mm THROXGS INCREASE AS FEAT PERIOD ADVANCES. More Than 12,000 Persona Are Expected to Attend Great En tertainment Tonight, Another large crowd filled the floors of the auditorium for the Shrine circus' fifth performance irida" nigfcr. A steady stream of people began buying tickets early and was, according to the estimates of the management, at least 8000 in number by 10 o'clock. This was next to the. largest house since the opening. As the circus proceeds On . its ten allotted days, the tendency is in creasingly noticed in the crowd to assemble on the lower floor and move about, playing the wheels and consuming refreshments rather, than sitting, "languid and laay-like," in the gallery. Although this leaning toward more than a passive enjoy ment on the part of the patrons subtracts some from the additional admittance customarily paid for balcony seats, the deficiency is more than made up by the business that the wheel-ticker game booths are doing." Four large new booths were set up yesterday, two for kewpies and one each for hams and silver ware, to accommodate those many persons frantic to stick their dimes on a number and win something or other. Although no definite count will be taken on the popularity contest until Tuesday, there are several hints pointing to upsets of "dope." Miss Mildred Wakefield and Miss Catherine Hutch each tu: led in en velopes full of accumulated votes yesterday, and both envelopes were the bulkiest that have been re ceived. These girls are gaining ground rapidly and it is predicted they will be not more than a bee's knee's distance from the top when the final count is in. In the baby competition Baby Rotay, Baby Richardson and Eaby Stanley Trelawney bagged a heavy flock of votes during te last few days and seem to be considerably outstripping the remainder of the field. Indications point to a neck-and-neck finish between these pop ular young vote-getters. STATE FIRE LOSS HEAVY Property Valued at $309,880 De stroyed During November. SALEM, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) Fires in Oregon outside of Portland for the month of November, aggre gated in losses $309,880, according to a report prepared here today by the state fire marshal's department. The most disastrous fire was at Ore gon City, where the Elks temple was burned with a loss of $50,000. The second largest fire was at Haines, where a milk plant was burned with a loss of $40,000. Forty-nine fires were reported during the month, of which number seven were of an incendiary origin. Twenty-seven of the fires origi nated from unknown causes. mission at the Bonneville hatchery, who was electrocuted by a high voltage wire while clearing snow from the roof of a hatchery build ing at 11:30 o'clock Friday morning. Karl A. Prehn and A. T. Austed of the harbor patrol battled with snow and drifts on the Columbia highway yesterday in trying to reach the scene with a lungmotor. Carlson, who was 25 years of age and lived at Gresham, came in con tact with the powerful current when, well toward the peak of the roof. It was 4 o'clock when the pair arrived at the hatchery. In spite of the highway condition the body of Carlson was moved to Gresham. Along the highway beyond Crown Point numerous machines were said to have been stalled, some off the road and helpless, and assistance was lent by the harbor patrolmen on the return trip. 11 FPU 18 CHEST FCXD FOR EMERGENCIES DE CLARED NECESSARY. EJLRLT ' SETTLES - IS DEAD WILLIAM KXIGHT SUCCUMBS AT HOME IN CANBY. STUDENTS' WORK VIEWED Parents See Interesting Exhibit at Jefferson School. Hundreds of parents of students In the Jefferson high school visited the high school building Friday night to view the exhibits of stu dents' i-ork. Special displays were arranged in each department and entertainment was provided. Among the exhibits were models of war machines used by the Ro mans and Greeks, displayed in the Latin department; wireless appar atus in the physics department and illustrations showing progress in the English department. COFFEE SENT TO ASTORIA Supply of 500 Pounds Donated hy Restaurant for Relief. When The Oregonian truck left for Astoria and Seaside points yes terday morning it carried, among oilier tilings. 500 pounds of noffee, donated by Arthur H. -ohnston, pro-prieto- of the Coffee Cup restaurant of Portland. The coffee will be turned over to the relief committee at Astoria to be used in the work of caring for the numerous people who have been thrown out of their homes by the fire there. . . STATE EMPLOYE KILLED Oscar Carlson Electrocuted at Konneville Fish Hatchery. In a futile effort to resuscitate Oscar Carlson, an employe of the Oregon state fish and pame com- Executive Would Have City Pre pared to Protect Itself and Council Also Favorable. Mayor Baker wants a war chest, and if the city council has its way he will have it, $90,000 strong. The mayor wants the city prepared to protect itself when emergencies arise, such as the waterfront strikes last year. During the last fiscal year Portland spent J43.477.65 for emergency protection of property and citizens, mostly along the wa terfront. Friday the council adopted a resolution requesting the. tax super vision and conservation commission to set aside $o0,000 for use during the next fiscal year for emergency police protection, this sum to be used only after $40,000 had been ex pended out of the amount set aside for general emergencies. Friday's council, meeting found the mayor and commissioners in tensely concerned over the Astoria emergency and ready, anxious and willing to do all in their power to assist and alleviate distress. How ever, no word came from the down river city in the afternoon and the council adjourned to meet again in the morning at 11:30 o'clock and be prepared to grant whatever as sistance is needed. On recommendation of the pur chasing agent bids for furnishing auto tires for city use were accepted as follows: Cummings-Carson com pany, motorcycle tires for six months; Marshall-Wells company, auto chasings and tubes for six months ; Brunswick-Balke-Collender company, pneumatic truck casings and tubes for six months; Cascade Sales company, smooth solid tires for six months, and Edwards Tire shop, non-skid solids and cushion tires for three months. FOSSILS GIFT TO REED Valuable Colorado Collection Is Added to Biology Exhibit. Valuable fossils, collected in the mountains of Colorado, recently were given to Keed college by Wil liam H. Burrage, a mining engineer who resides at 581 East Couch street. The fossils were collected by Burrage's father, a surveyor and a pioneer of Colorado, who was much interested in fossil remains. The collection was gathered near Canyon City. Among the specimens is a block of Potsdam sandstone containing fish scales, which Professor Lacante and other well-known scientists, g;ter examination, have declared to to be of a more remote pre-historic geological period than any on record. At Reed college the specimens havs been placed on exhibition in the biology department, under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence E. Griffin. FIRE RELATED BY RADIO Thousands Iarn of Astoria Dis aster Over Wireless Phones. Thousands of persons living in the northwest received their first news of the Astoria disaster through The Oregonian high-power broadcasting station. The early re ports were sent out from KGW at noon and created a sensation, and .many telephone calls were received. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon a complete story of the disaster, re quiring an hour, was broadcast. The third broadcast of the day was a resume of the damages and the emergency work being done in the stricken city. This story was sent out at 4 o'clock. Victim of Heart Disease Clerk of School District for Pe riod of 43 Years. OREGON CITY, Or., Dee. 8. (Spe cial.) William Knight, prominent resident and early settler of Clack amas county, and ex-sheriff of the county, died of heart disease at the family home in Canby this morn ing. Mr. Knight had been in fail ing health for the past six months. Mr. Knight . was born in Pine Creek, Pa., April 17, 1839, and came across the plains by ox team in 1835,' settling at Willapa, Wash. There he made his home for two years. and from that place moved to Butteville, Marion county. After a three years' residence at Butteville he moved to Canby,' arriving there in 1869. Mr. Knight took up a pre emption claim, which consisted of 145 acres. This is a part of the old home property where the Knight family has, resided. . Mr. Knight was sheriff of Clacka mas county for two terms. He also served for 43 years as clerk of Canby school district, and when not serving as clerk was director. He was justice of the peace for many years, still holding the office at the time of his death. He was also city recorder of Canby. Mr. Knight is survived by his widow of this city, his children, Mrs. M. J. Lee, Miss Josephine Knight, Mrs. D. G. Clark of Canby, Mrs. Ed ward Bradtl of Aurora, Arthur Knight of Portland, a brother, John Knight of Portland, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Burcham of Cottage Grove. He also leaves three grand children. Miss Lorraine Lee, Arthur Clark of Canby, Martha Frances Bradtl of Aurora. Funeral services will be held from 'the Methodist church in Canby Sun day morning at 11:30 o clock. Rev. Boyd Moore, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the Zion ceme tery of Canby. a special train left Astoria at o'clock Friday night for Portland by the Columbia river highway. The two steam pumps will be returned by train this morning the dis patcher said. WIVES OF JOCK AGREE No. 2 Will Share Fdrtnne With No. 1, Who Was Deserted. CHICAGO. Mrs. Lottie Bock, wife of John Bock, wealthy Californian, in the days of hi poverty in Chi cago, today was a step nearer a share of his fortune, wrested from the gold fields of Alaska after he deserted her, later to bestow the comforts of wealth on a new wife, Eleanor. Sought by wife No. 2, who insisted" that the woman whose place she took should share in Bock's fortune, the first wife, found after a wide search in the obscure village of Dresser Junction, Wis., was with her hearthstone successor here. The two wives met, according to Attorney John T. Duffy, in his of fices, where preliminary arrange ments for dividing the Bock for tune were made. . Bock readily agreed to Eleanor'o plan and, as far as Alaska gold will do it, is ready to pay his debt to the girl he left behind when he staked his claims in the Klondike years ago. STAGE TERMINAL TO RISE Fight of .Bus Men at Vancouver Apparently Is Ended. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 8. (Special.) Threats of an injunc tion suit against the city to prevent enforcement of the stage terminal ordinance, passed at the last ses sion of the council, have apparently failed to materialize in court action and construction of the terminal will begin at once. The Julius Sax building at Fifth and Main streets is to be remodeled at a cost of more than $5500 for the terminal. The building permit was issued today after William Paul and H. E. Par doe, who have leased the building, had conferred with the stage oper ators. The stage men, who offered the chief opposition to the ordinance, declared that the location was a poor one and that the ordinance had a "joker" provision in it that gave Paul and Pardoe . a monopoly of building opportunities. HEART HURT IS $10,000! Brooklyn Girl, 17, Brings Breach of Promise Suit. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Alleging that Philip Friedenberg took her out of a business position, lavished pres ents on her, sent her to school, and proposed to her, but finally broke his promise to marry her, Jennie Cohen, 17 years old, has brought suit against him in the supreme court to recover $10,000 damages tor alleged breach of promise. 'He introduced me among his friends as his intended wife," the girl said. "On one occasion we went to a wedding together, and he told the gathering that soon there would be another wedding, which would be ours. Miss Cohen said she found it im possible to pin Friedenberg down to a date for their wedding. He kept putting It off, she said, and finally threw her over altogether. Friedenberg was arrested and re leased under 500 bail. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood. Broadway 6353. 660-21. Adv. Read The Orepronian classified ads. FOOD GOES TO PREMIUM Portlanders Sent to Astoria Feed Guards and Babies. ASTORIA, Or.( Dec. 8. (Special.) Pood went to a premium today in Astoria, owing to the burning of most of the reLil stores. As a pre caution a delegation representing the city of Portland and the Red Cross took on a supply of ham sandwiches at Rainier. All res taurants were out of commission, so the Portland delegation dis tributed their sandwiches among the guards and waited until they reached Seaside before they ate. A newspaper party that arrived at 5 o'clock had two bottles of milk. When the reporters learned ' that the milk supply was cut off they took theif milk to the hospital and it was used for a group of babies. Seven long board tables, reminis cent of cantonment days, nave been set up in the basement of the TLovel garage, which was untouched. Meals will be served there. FIRE HOSE SUFFICIENT No. More Tubing Needed, Says Astoria Chief. A brief message received by Fire Chief Young of Portland from Fire Chief Foster of Astoria afc 7 o'clock Friday night stated that no more hose would be needed by the Astoria firemen. In a long distance telephone con versation with the Astoria dis patcher of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroad, Chief Young learned that the self-propelling gasoline motor pump which with two steam pumps was rushed to Astoria early Friday morning on V 11 M. JL . e B. F. Driscoll, Rivoli Theater; H. N, Stoudenmeyer, the prominent bandmaster and cornetist; E. C. Stevens, Peoples Theater; Charles Clow, Hobbs Orchestra; M. Gard, Bob Gordon's Orchestra; Floyd Rice, George Olsen's Orchestra; Art Evans, Darby's Or chestra; Wn. Perman; Wm. Klitzke; Tom Todd; Jim Bewley; Capt. H. L. Beard, di rector O. A. C. Band, Corvallis; J. B. Pardee, Seven Serenaders, Corvallis; H. G. How ard, Marshfield; W. H. Mills and Chas. Pabst, Salem; Joe Ward, Centralia; J. E. Lewis, Chehalis, and following bandmasters: Wilson Wait, Medford; Chas. Cochran, Eugene; Ed Wetmore, Albany; W. T. Nicholls, Albany; Dr. J. W. Welch, Silverton; p. p. Olds, McMinnville ; A. J. Loney, La Grande; Warren' Glaze, Mitchell; A. W. Lundell, Pen dleton; Vincent Gruelle,. Kelso; Chas. Williams, Seaside, USE BUESCHER CORNETS OR TRUMPETS. John Latimer; Art Steele; Chris Johnson; W. E. Knouff; W. Ho gan, Bob Gordon's Orchestra; Harry Bewley; Oscar Steelhammer, director Salem Mili tary Band, USE BUESCHER TROMBONES. A. Freiheit; G. Beraardinelli ; J.B.White; R. H. Ryley, Salem Military Band, use BUESCHER BASSES. Milt Neul and Geo. Hen kel, Geo. Olsen's Orchestra, C. S. Smith, Bob Gordon's Orchestra; D.E. Gensel, Darby's Orchestra ; R.Christensen and Art Kenton, Kenin's Orchestra ; A. F. Yoder, Hotel Multno mah Orchestra; Mrs. Malthouse and John Blanpied, Hobbs' Orchestra; V. E. Bartlett, Fleming's orchestra; Eddie Swartout; F. E.Elliott; Francis Anderson and Marie Wan dra USE BUESCHER SAXOPHONES. BECAUSE BUESCHER'S ARE BETTER The above list is composed of the foremost musicians of, Oregon and Western Washington. There are hundreds of others, both amateur and professional, using BUESCHER'S. When such performers are satisfied with BUESCHER'S do you think you are fair to yourself if you do not try one? . Seiberling-Lucas Music Co. 125 Fourth Street ' In Our New Location at 151 Fourth Street, January 1st, 1923 I ' 1 1 1 f rm, r nil mm rr 1 m tar ivs . rnai a-,KtB Mtsrsa I i special ' $79.50 - ( I It 'I $1.00 CASH $1.50 WEEK A" H $100 1 $f4 FELONY CASE DROPPED Woman to Go Free as Result of Husband's Acquittal. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 8. (Special.) As a result of the acquit tal of her hUSband, D. M. Callaway, in Chehalis late yesterday, Mrs. Cal laway, who was held here on a fel ony charge of aiding In the robbery of the Little Falls state bank at Vader, will not be prosecuted on the charge, according to officials here. iirs. Callaway is serving a 90-day sentence in the Clarke county jail for moonshining. The Callaways live at Minnehaha, four miles from Vancouver. They were accused of robbing the Vader bank of J 25,000. Callaway returned here last night after the Lewis county superior court jury had brought in a verdict freeing him. honograph up to -- " sit. -1 I I INDUSTRY TAKES 1 LIFE 536 Accidents Reported in Ore gon for Week. SALEM, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) .There was one fatality in Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ending December 7, ac cording to a report prepared here today by the state industrial acci dent commission. The victim was Leonard M Drack, highway fore man, with headquarters in Portland. Of the 636 accidents reported 493 were subject to the provisions of the compensation law. 30 were from firms and corporations that have rejected the act and 13 were from public utility corporations not sub ject to the state protection. ft DATA ON NAVIES SOUGH House Awaits Information on Warships Scrapped. "WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 8. "Without discussion the house today adopted the Frothingham resolu tion calling on the navy department for information as to the number of warships scrapped or disposed of by the United States and other na tions participating in the arms con ference. Earlier Secretary Denby had in formed the naval committee that n w 4 THEN $2.00 WEEK We Charge No Interest Why pay more for your phonograph when you can buy it for less at Powers by saving the interest? Victor $100 f $1.00 Down $2.00 Week No Interest 14 xS'w Brunswick $1001 $1.00 Down $2.00 Weekil No Interest the navy department had no objec tion to the resolution. Seaside Offers Cottages. SEASIDE, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) The commercial club and the city council held a joint session tonight to consider plans for aiding citizens of Astoria left Homeless by the fire, with the result that cottages are to be offered the refugees. The Sea side hotel also will be opened for their benefit. It was said that own ers of 50 cottages had expressed willingness to let the refugees use them, and that homes would be pro- vlded for all who were burned out in the conflagration. . Princess Will Be Taught English. CONSTANTINOPLE. A .special school has been instituted in the palace of Yildiz in order to give the Imperial princes of Turkey a spe cial education and the benefits of modern education. Professors have been engaged In France and the princes will be taught, among other things, four languages French, German, English and Latin. Ad mission is confined to princes of royal blood and the children of nobles.' lit Nil liliriCltfl"! ....,.r.,faJ.rfwfc-.., wfk PHILLIPS SHOE CO. wS ' Has Secured a New Lease r CONTINUE We have been fortunate in securing a new lease "that will enable us to continue business in our same location. But due to the broken condi tion of our stock and as the" store will be entirely remodeled January 1st, the sale will con tinue with all shoes at present sale prices. -Do not fail to take advantage of this opportunity. Don't Forget PHILLIPS SHOE CO. 325 Washington Street m 1 I Slffli" - day and Tuesday only. Christmas Specials ART bSuQUETS We have a wonderful lot of Everlasting Flowers in Fancy Wicker Bas kets $2 value, special $1.25; $1.50 value, special $1.. Mon day and Tuesday only. ORNAMENTAL ART FLOWERS AND ARTIFI CIAL FOLIAGE We believe we have the finest as sortment and largest stock in the city at very spe cial prices. Beautiful and rare kinds for art dishes, fancy vases or baskets. Advance sale on this line all this week. , Jardinieres, Fern Dishes, Flower Bowls, Wicker Hanging and Stand, Fern or Flower Baskets off, Mon day, Tues day and Wednesday. HOLLAND TULIPS FOR EARLY SPRING HALF PRICE Over 50 varieties, special at half price all this week. A few dozen, 100 or 1000 presented to your friend who has a new home would be a wonderful Christ mas present. Christmas Foliage Berried Holly and Mistletoe by the spray or box for mailing. . - Living Presents Parrots, Chipmunks, Canaries, Puppies, Rose Bushes, Ever greens, Ferns, etc. REMEMBER, CHRISTMAS WEEK we will have a wonderful display and everything priced much lower than "up town" and with Special Service and De livery included. 147 2 St. Portland Ore Between Morrison and Alder ts. Phone 0172