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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY, MOKN1NO. FEBRUARY 13. 1E37. 817,000 SHORT in GIVES ADVICE AND COMFORT TO GIRLS COUNTY CASH: feve YoEj Ever Visited Our Prescription Department? Accounts of County Treasurer of Martinez Who Shot Himself ' Show Deficiency. MYSTERY AS TO WHAT WAS DONE WITH MONEY Remodeled, well lighted," roomy, comfortable, equipped with every device or appliance which will add to its efficiency, and convenience and in charge of men who devote to this most responsi ble vocation all their time and attention. Month Ago Coin Waa In' Vault, and . Qneatlon Arise as to JQow It Was Spent Grand Jury Investigating Dead Man's Affairs. . M . '' ,'Mr.-M. E. Carr.V . i , .. i ' ( . v : . -.fvv--Br K. R...W. - ' Shall the Traveler's Aid department t the V. TV. C. A. curtail or abandon - Ita work or frill the people of Portland who appreciate what It I doing- and Who are Interested In safeguarding the young- women of the pity, provide the funds to carry It onT Mfs. Lola G. Baldwin!. Tlila la the problem confronting the workers In this Important field and Ita solution- root a with the average eltl Ben. with the householder, with the ' father who would ahudder to think of hla own daughter alone In a strange cUy.y.lth t the motherofa, famllyyho ilaitUe-Vemiilua, a 11 year oia-frlrfc-wi soans the faces' of her dear ones around the table at nightfall, whoae timely ejtft might be the meana of saving some other mother's child from degradation nd sin. v.- ; - - X To the people of Portland comes this appeal from the hearts or trie earnest woroet who have this work in charge. If every one were all as much In earnest aa they, if he threw his heart and soul Into our work as they do more would be accomplished. ' Alone, the brave woman who is the director, visits all sorts of places In the north end without fear, and with a great purpose In her heart she goes Into saloons, lodging-houses, brothels, nywhere that she may find 'a friend leas girL It makes one realise how indifferent Are most people to the wel- - fare of others t hear her tell of ht . attempts to xeacua-a. pour ale outcast white girt: whom aha found in a no torious bouse of negroes, kept by "Black . Sal.- . j.. -.. ... "... . . .... Be gas la Talx Tea. The travelers', aid department of the Toung Women's Christian . association -4a tn -outgrow th- of work .. done -during. leaving ' her without a cent. The girl Is Ignorant, probably somewhat defect lve She was found wandering- about the streets on Monday, when the rain was pouring' down and the streets a- swlrllng torrent of water wet. hungry, bewildered. She . was brought by the police to the Trvler' Aid They. tQOlt care of her temporarily, and have aent her to the Florence Crlttenton borne to be cared for until her parents can be notified. , - , Comes With But 92. Another case Is that of Veronica, pret the exposition year in guiding .and di recting girls coming to the city, stran gers who without this friendly guidance were in danger of getting Into disreput able lodging houaea or . falling victims to some designing man 'Who might lead ""them aatray.-H . When the New York committee with- ' drew its, support after- the fair,,, it be came a question whether the work , should be dropped, or if continued under ' what auspices. The Toung; Women's Christian association then agreed te take up the work with the understand ing that it should be carried on as s branch of their extension work. With Mrs. Lola O. Baldwin at the head this has been done with great tact and skill and with extreme prudence. This department helps on an average St girls a month; finds them positions, takes car of-thera when- sick, meets all trains to see If there are any girls ; traveling alone, invites girls who are alone in town to visit the rooms of the association, keeps close to them, so that if they get into any trouble they may know where to find a friend, . and la raany tactful ways helps the girl -who la a stranger. Nor must it be imagined that all the srlrls helped by the association are bad girlsnot at all this Is not , rescue work so much as prevention work. "We have no policies, says Mrs. Bald win, "every case Is an .Individual case, but we try to think out the problem presented by each one and aaalat the girl to solve it"-- The newepepers, she says, prefer the ease of the bsd girt because it presents more striking fea tures, but aha herself prefers to help the good girl, and It is a fact that the association-helps 0 good girls to one bsd one. ' No better Idea of the scope of the work could be gained than te take In order the record of the different cases which have been brought before the association. . fast On Xnstaao. When t visited the little off1cewhere - with" scan I accommodations so touch good work Is being planned and executed, a restless girl occupied a chair in a corner. Every few minutes she wanted to know If she could go and get her bundle of clothing, and- every time the kindly answer was: "-'Wait a few min utes, Anna, until some one can go with you." Later I heard the pitiful story. Home months ago Anna and a girl friend were coming home from a theatre In Tacoma, where they lived, when twoj men. Itallana, accosted them and per suaded or forced the girls to accom pany them to a room. Mere they locked them In and kept them three days. ; When the girl's relatives found her and the case came before the Tacoma courts, her relatives, forced the Italian to marry : the girl. Lset Friday he brought her to this city, took her to a lodging-house and there abandoned her, route from Fayette, Idaho, to Tacoma. Her friends failed to meet her at the station and she, of course, knew nothing about the city, and she was .frightened, hungry and distressed. The Travelers' Aid took care of her and communicated with her friends. -Always as many as three grrts-a week are brought to. the notice Qf the Travelers Aid who are In such a predicament. A .sweet, demure looking girt of II re cently stepped from the train at the union depot and was persuaded by the matron there to come to the rooms of the association. Questioning' her, Mrs. Baldwin asked: "How did your mother happen, to let you . go off alone like thatr Bit had ta and she bad come to the city to look for work. Buch girls rarely have more than tZ, Mrs. Baldwin says. "Well," the girt replied, -"there were six: of uj at home, and I am the oldest; we ' needed the money, and . I thought I would get some kind of work.1 Here -she landed, alone. Inexperienced, with nothing In view and with tt to carry her through the period of waiting until she found employment. t WaateaT-rpaMlv-fcooisw Sometimes lodging-house keepers tele phone that some such unsophisticated girl has come to thalr house,, and then the Travelers" Aid department roes after her and takes charge of her until work la - found. ; .- An amusing Instance la that of a little 11-year-old traveler, who applied to the ; Hobart-Curtie for rooms. The amount of money she had with her would have rented a small room for a boat two min utes. - She was taken In charge by the Travelers' Aid and returned to her home. When the men's relief committee dis banded, a fund of 14.750 'tor refuge work waa turned over to the Travelers' Aid, and this work, taken in conjunction with that already on hand, has kept the department more than busy. This' fund has been handled with treat care and It Is admitted by those who were disbursing It before that it has gone twioe as fnr in the hands of the women as it would under their own management - Wherever possible one refuge has been required to help another and so the sum has been kept going. There are still about 10 people dependent upon the as sociation, unable through sfekness or misfortune, to help themselves. ' ' Tor "arthquake" Babies. , There have - been nine , "earthquake babies" born here where the entire ear of . the case has come under jthe relief work, and they have been obliged to pro vide doctor, nurse, medicine -and house hold supplies. The picture here shown represents one of the many camps) fur nished by the rehabilitation committee of San Francisco, which' Is working In conjunction with the Travelers' Aid In returning to their homes and earing for those ot the refugees remaining her who wish to return to Ean Francisco, As an Instance of the helplessness of many of these aplplrants for aid the case is cited of a woman, the mother of five children, who lost all she had In f the-fir tine had prt-vlmmTy-txen a"bl to support her family, but when thrown soliciting fancy work. One" of the chil dren fell ill and she was obliged to give up everything els to take car of him. Soon the little family' was In want, and It was then that the Trav elers' Aid was called upon. They have been supplying food, paying rent, and trying to cet the woman started n some employment k, Qive Help, Bot Charity. - Another case Is that of a Swedish wo man who has three children, the young est a babe of nine months. They were refugees. ; The father deserted, ran away with another woman to be explicit, and left the little family. stranded. The Travelers' ; Aid society took charge of t,h case, settled the family In some rooms and provided a rang, so J Miss Constance McCrkle. that the woman could take boarders. This she Is doing, and Is now able to support herself .and her children. In every case It is the object of the asso ciation to help people to helpHhemaelve not to pauperise them. . Another refugee case of touching features Is. that, nf. a family,,; fa I her. mother and nine-year-old boy. who were living In a tent during the summer, When the cold weather .came on, they found an unoccupied barn near Fulton and there they decided to set up house keeping. fRmret News by Lensest Lessed Wire.) -Martlnex, OaJ.. Feb. . A shortage of between $15,000 and llT.OOO'has been found in the vault of the county treas urer, George A. Wiley, who Shot himself last 'Monday morning. A month ago count of this money showed no dis crepancy The queatlon that Is now be ing asked Is, did Wiley secure ready It wasfound that the roof of the barn leaked, fv they set up the tent in the barn, am there they are attempt ing to weather the winter. The mother hs. a dlstresNlng throat' trouble, -and can do but little. The father, who Is partially crippled. ' will he able by and y to ao learning, out me noy is tne one thst takes my fancy. He Is only nine years old, but he skirmished around and found a boarding-house where he is allowed to do chores for his meals. These people must be helped and employment found, and this the Travelers' Aid is trying to do. Money From rar Away. Unexpected gifts sometimes come to gladden the hearts of the workers. Xast year a Portland man gave ftoo, saying that he believed in the work that 1a being done. A California man handefl fthem 2, asking thenr to reach. a girl in a neighboring town. , An unknown friend at Fort Llscomb, Alaska, sent a money order, saying that h had heard of the work of the Travelers' Aid and wanted to help. Another letter "of appreciation came from an officer of thr-TJnltea States army, who enclosed $10. He writes: I hsva Just heard of the Travelers' Aid. I hop it may nqt be the last time I shall hear of It It appeals to ma as the most practical, and far-reaching- ef fort to aid our follow-men and women: and X am hnppy to be able to assist you ever ao slightly in such human kindness," . . , j The Trinity Mission guild recently voted a monthly sift of tS. These are a few of the cheerlng.messages of appreet- i ation wmcn come. May there be many more. The people of Portland will sure- ; ly not allow the work to lapse. To re- ruse to aid any poor friendless girl; who turns to them for asalstsnc would be s disgrace. Yet how ean the work be done unless the people rally to its support? All that It has meant to have the Traveler's Aid sssoclstlon at work investigating conditions In the city and keeping under surveillance all classes of lodging houses can not be told In on brief article. Through repeated efforts of th asso ciation the attention of the council and officers of the city haa been directed to th ao-ealled ' "massaa-e parlors," and public sentiment may finally be effec tive in weeding them out from th rep utable portion of te city. It is greatly desired by- th legitimate masseur of the city. This letter from Mayor Lane shows hla appreciation of th work: "It gives me great pleasure to testify to th good work that has been don by th Traveler's Aid In assisting and car ing for young 1rla who have arrived, strangers in our' city. .. . . - , "In addition to this work I have pro fited greatly- by the aid and advice of Mrs. Lola Q. Baldwin in many matters looking to th better and cleaner gov ernment of the city, and I am deeply In debted to her for ouch help. I would be very ungrateful tf I did not testify to the useful work which has been don her by the Traveler's Aid of th Toung Women's CjJltUan aitwU'lpn, respectfully. HARRT LANE. Mayor. "We need, says Mrs. Baldwin, "for the ensuing year, 11,470." not an exorbi tant sum when one reallres thst out of It win st be paid three salaries, transpor tation, telephone, bills for medical sun plies and all emergency items. The of ficers of the ssaoclatlon are already mora than busy doing the work. Surely the people of the city will be sufficiently loyal to contribute the neceeaary funds." - The committee of the Traveler's Aid department Is as follows: Mrs. Walter J. Honeyman,--Mrs. R. R. Hoge, Mrs. Holt C Wilson, Mrs. T. B. Jackson, Mrs. Charles T. Kamm. Mrs. Isaae Lawler, MrsC. R. Templetmi, Dr.-Mary Thomp son, Dr. McOavln. Miss P. B. Ootshall, Miss Esther Goodman, Mrs. B. H. Trum bull, and their headquarters are at th rooms of th T. W. C. A- Sixth and Oak streets. r at the time of th count, and If he did, who supplied 1tT There are rumors about the, town and It la expected that after the case has been ' thoroughly threshed out, startling developments wilt -spring -uo: The great queatlon Is what did Wiley do with th 117,000 If he stole It? No official statement has yet been rendered by those who have had the Invtstlga tlon In charge, and-It is said that -non will be mad until after th booke'hav been gone over, probably tomorrow, . . . Bank Employe Questioned. ' It Is persistently rumored that em ploye of th Bank ot Martlnes will b questioned by. the grand Jury and that a thorough Investigation t th bank' affair will be made. Th count of th coin in th treasurer's vault lasted from 11:30 this morning until I o'clock this afternoon. H. E. Webster, for years Wiley's as sistant and deputy, was a witness at th opening ot th vault. , H had little to say. - , -. ' Th Bank of Martlnes, which was represented i by Presidents Tinning; ls th Institution that at ons time carried thousanda of - dollar of the county funds. A few months ago th deposit were removed at th request ot th bank. It was during- an election -and the officers J)f-th institution, some of whom took an. active part In th cam paign, wished th bank to be fully pro tected from th charge that It was In terested In the-result Will Hale, cash ier of th bank, is secretary of th grand Jury that has Investigated Wiley. Znspecteg Oths Tanlts. -A week before Wiley shot himself h visited the, vaults of th treasurer of Alsmeda county and inspected th sys tem there pf sorting coin. To Deputy Treasurer Ed PIsnsr, who showed him th method, he seemed natural'. This Is now thought to have been an attempt to forestall suspicion of suicide, unless Wiley did not know of the threatened exposure, which is hardly probable. Louis M. Butler has been appointed treasurer., y . . f. ,. : :. . - j poor Passy. "'- ' From th Philadelphia Record. If. there be any noticeable failing off in th cat population hereabouts It may without doubt be attributed to th growing use of cat fur. Almost any kind .of feline. It seems, will do for this purpose, even th back feno va riety. if it b ' Sufficiently, well nour ished to make th coat heavy and smooth. The pelts are worth her from 15 to 2t cent each, and th securlna them Is something of an Industry In Philadelphia. - Th skins are. however, sent , to France, where they are dyed, and whence they return to this coun try as popular fur. "Dinner's Coming . I Smell If hi -!S -1 i.iif ,' i X '. . " a Ifuo CoUag". Tut Up by Rehabilitation Committor of Sjn Francisco.' 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Robert Johnston & Rand, Eleventh and Washington avenue, St Louis, maker of the famous "Star" brand of shoes, made up specially for the Conover Shoe Co, of Los Angeles 286 cases of their finest custom bench made $4.00 to $8.50 shoes for spring trade. The Conover Co. failed January 2 and the shoes en route to them were offered to us at 65c on the $1.00 of factory cost. v We paid the cash the shoes are here. Every pair fully guaranteed. 'Every pair 1907 style. . . .... . . . . .. . . No Outside. Orders Filled. Come to the Store. Your ' Money.: Back for anything that is not in every way satisfactory CAGO CLOT 69 AND 71 THIRD STREET. BET." OAK "AND PINE STS.. NEXT DOOR TO AINSWORTH NATIONAL BANK . Refugees. shall, Mich. ' V V
