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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, ' DECEMBER 25. 1910.. ITJIIESllI If li iSSI'IIFT FUGHT TOVISITH0SP1TAL Patients, Young and Old, En joy Annual Christmas Par ty at Good Samaritan-r-Many Gifts Donated. With business crowding him all over the country yesterday, with millions of children watching and waiting for him, Santa Claus found time to bring Joy and good cheer to the little ones whose misfortunes hava brought them to the Good Samaritan hospital.; Christmas Is the one day of the year at the big In stitution on Twenty-third street, and every effort Is made to carry the spirit of the season to those who are shut ia by the brick walls, especially . to the children, and there are many of them. ' In the pretty little chapel on the fifth floor of the hospital each Christmas for It years a tree has been given the chil dren in the afternoon before the hoik 4a y, and presents and candy go out to the little ones just as they, would at the homes where the Joy of giving Is known i and , appreciated Yesterday's tree was an exception in the matter of presents and in the number of children who participated in the hospitality of Santa Clans. ' rums Axe Kind. While friends and nurses usually see to it that Banta is well equipped to sup ply the wants of the little ones at the hospital, this , year two wholesale houses M. Seller & Co. and Woodard, Clarke & Co. loaded a delivery wagon with dolls, toys, books, pictures and all the little things that are dear to child life, and sent the wagon early yesterday morning to the hospital. With these presents and an abundance of candy, nuts and popcorn, Banta Clans had no trouble in serving the little army yes terday afternoon at 2 o'clock when the doors of the chapel were opened, and (0 children and their friends were per mitted to look upon the beautiful tree and enjoy the real spirit of Christmas . ail about . - ' ; In wheel chairs, and In the arms of nurses, little ones were taken to" the chapel. About ttiem gathered a soors of children from the outside world, who had been invited to share with the ail ing ones in enjoying the treat A. num ber of kindly women gathered to assist in the distribution of presents and to enjoy the scenes of Joy which mark the annual "tree" at the hospital. , And joy was, unconfined. Men and women patients, whbse stay at the hos pital has been more or less prolonged, had their children gathered about them. and together uey were taken to the chapel, where presents had been pro vided for the little ones and the scenes of happiness were an antidote for el most any malady. After an hour of merriment the tree was dismantled, th lectrio lights were turned out and the children returned to the sickroom and to the outside world. ' ; For It years the tree has been a fea ture at Christmas, and for 10 of those years some of the patients, have been witnesses to the festivities One moth er, an invalid entirely helpless, had her five children with her' yesterday, .the first time in a year. A father who by misfortune lost his legs, and whose stay at the Institution has been long and dreary, gathered his little brood about him yesterday and will enjoy a day or two of childish glee during the holiday week. The mother has passed on, and alone the children do their best during the year to .keep the. home to gether. Christmas means something to children like these. , 1 ' , - About the hospital during the after noon patients were being bundled off to their homes to spend a brief holi day, and the children were being sent to their homes, all of those who1 were "able to go. While good cheer reigned about the chapel and the children were filling their pockets with candy and nuts for the coming feast nurses down stairs were closing the eyes of a vic tim of death whose life went out as the candles were snuffed on the tree. Tears do not always signify ; grief, and the two big salty tears that' stood In the eyes of Captain Charles Baty of the day relief of the Portland police force after he had been presented yes terday afternoon with a beautiful gold star, set with a large diamond in the center, is a proof of this assertion. ' "' j wnen tne day rener reported at neaa- quarters at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon,' Sergeant Riley stepped out from the ranks and asked permission to speak few words. Captain Baty was unde cided as to whether or not this was a regular procedure, but on being assured that Chief Cox had given his permission, the captain condescended. ' ' 'Captain Baty," said the sergeant In a broken voice, "the boys of the day re lief want. t,o express a little sentiment toward you and to that end w have joined bur forces and have to present: you, this star, your emblem of author ity, which we want you to wear in place of your other. It is to express our high esteem for you. and to show our appre ciation for the many favors yon have granted us. We present It with the best wishes of every one of the day relief for a very Merry Christmas to you and your family." , ' - t Captain Baty was handed the box. He took off the cover, half expecting; that some joke was being played on him, but when a brilliant shaft of light reflected from the diamond, the doubts disap peared and the two" big watery symbols of happiness came into the captain's eyes. ; v ' . "Boys, you don't know how I appre ciate this," stammered the captain. "I am so surprised that I can hardly say anything. I prize this star very highly, but the, feeling with which it ia pre sented Is what I prize the greatest I thank you one and all and wish you and your families as much happiness as this has brought me." ' " , " ' The parting of Captain George H. Bailey, of the first night relief, was not marked with any such ceremony. In stead, .when he left at midnight for his home, he was greeted on all sides by wish for a . Merry Christmas, but nothing else. However, shortly after the midnight hour, when the captain reached his home, he stumbled Into his room and was greeted with the sight of a beauti ful black leather Morris chair. Captain E. A. Slover, of the second night relief, was presented with a gold star last Tuesday. HAVE BETTER LUCK ' THAN ffiOST HUNeS t .A L POLICE REMD.1BER TUB SUPE I s One Squad Presents Captain Baty With Star, Captain Bailey Gets Morris Chair. , hi i TAX DEPARTMENT Appointed to Succeed Samuel B. Martin Several 0th-. er Changes Made. MILLS AND LOGGING u WS ARE CLOSED I. P. Beyer, deputy in the tax de partment of the county sheriffs office, has been selected by Sheriff Stevens to take charge of the department as chief deputy when Samuel B. Martin resigns January 1. Mr. Martin was elected auditor at the last election, and takes his office at the beginning of the year.,:' n .; ': ''." .' - The vacancy created by the promotion of Mr. Boyer will be filled by. W. H. Mercer, who has been doing extra work In the tax department and working as a deputy sheriff. Burt & JoneB, another clerk In the tax: department will go Into the auditor's office, as chief dep uty auditor, thereby creating another vacancy to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Carl Brandes, who will retire from Office and go into business. Sheriff Stevens is on an holiday visit to hist oid home near Boston, "Mass., and Is expected to return about January 8. The changes In his office and the tax department will be made January 1, SANTA CLAUS AGAIN GLADDENS HEARTS BY , s - CHRISTMAS GIFTS (Continued from Page One.) ' n An apt r LLL HU MlilltL AT AGE OF 87 YEARS " Most of the sawmills ; In Portland along the Columbia river and up the Willamette . valley have closed down fop the holidays and a number of them Will probably remain idle several weks. While customary- to. give the plants a general overhauling in midwinter, the shutdown this year is more general and win be longer than usual because of the poor demand for ' lumber in the middle states during ' the , past two months. Bather , than to sell lumber for the price of stumpage and the act ual cost of production the mlUmen have decided to curtail the output with hopes of thereby strengthening the tone of the market ' Logging camps along the Columbia river shut down several days ago, and While some will resume.operatlons soon after the holidays, others will probably remain idle until February 1. Loggers say there are enough logs in the water to meet the demands from the mlljs. They have refused to . cat prices this fall, values remaining at S7, $10 and 113 a thousand feet, the same prices that prevailed In the spring and summer. As the result of the closing down of the logging camps and sawmills thou sands of camp and mill employes have come into the city to enjoy the pleas ures or metropolitan life. CHRISTMAS WEDDING . BELLS TO RING FOR MANY HAPPY COUPLES It was a busy day yesterday for the marriage' license clerk In the office of County :, Clerk Fields. ' Twenty-three couples coyly Inquired the procedure In securing the certificates, and passed on to Judge, minister, or. justice of the peace to have the ceremony performed. Those securing licenses were Harold Finch and Euphemla J. Williams, Thomas p, Hieler and Flora McDonald, George HilUard and Muriel Johnson, Fred Morris ,. and Dora Gee, Ellsworth Ryel and Bertha Record, Chester Mc Grew and Nellie ganders, J. 13. Richards and Blanelw Bosart, T. J. Skirven and Alta Dosch,' Clayton Meade and Rose Smith, T. G. Arrowsmith and Flora Max well, LeRoy Sanders and Louise Druse, N. B. ' Mack and Josephine Hey good, Joseph Yost and Erica Saule, Ralph Rlt tenhaus and . Dorothy . Holsey, F. A, Lewis and Sadie: McCoy, J, ;A. ' Meyer and Jean- White,- George Reed and Vir-1 glnia Jullen, John Roher and Lola Lock wood, F. A. Dustey and Margaret Kills, J. H. Newstead and Ethel Callahan, Wil liam R. Valheye nd Irraa C, Kagen burger, Roy Blodgett and Lllia Smith, and J. L. Stubbfl and Nellie Knight v up with, were all taken in good part. The Storekeepers said the crowds were greater than last Christmas and greater than the year before and that was about as far back as comparisons in Portland need, go. This they said was because prosperous Portland never was so big before nor had so much money. Con sequently, there never had been before so much body i to the Christmas' spirit nor such lavlshness in expressing Port land's accustomed "good will to men." Uvea Bog Gets Gift , In the flood of Christmas spirit there were eddies. One was a stump-tailed yellow cur with a singed nose that looked wistfully at the meat display. Instead of kicking or killing him the butcher gave him. a scrap of beef juicy enough for "real folks." The way the stump of a tall wagged indicated that there are various ways of saying "thank you." One side of a room was covered with dolls and some of them had brown eyes and some blue and some had dark hair and some had red gowns and pic ture bats. Before them was a little mother in short dresses. "Oh, I love you all," she breathed, "but I can't have even .one." 1 r Someone who was related to some other little, mother heard the plaintive whisper. In Just about a minute the prettiest doll of them all belonged to the little one, and there was recorded another "Thank you" that words are helpless to express.-'--:' j.-i.,-J,-.v .- " The blind man who plays on the cor ner -was approached by a lonesome Doy, who said, "Will you do me a Christmas favorr--?'':v5'.:'-i- r: ';i;-2lti',"s- l aon t get . a. chance to do many favors for folks," responded the blind man, uncertainly. i U i", ' ' Plays "Home, Sweet feoins." ; "Well, all I want you to do Is play Home, Sweet Home' for me," said the boy bashfully." The blind man played and the crowd that at once gathered showed in a sec ond that very many of the hurrying people were "home folks" In other places than Portland. The blind man reaped a harvest of coins that made him repeat the Thank you" many times. ' These were all impromptu expressions of the Christmas spirit 1 There were many of tnem. ; " . . - Organized charity followed out care fully prearranged plans for. Inducing Santa Claus to carry his loaded pack Into homes and places that without aiu he could not have found. -The Volun teers of America , and the . Salvation Army served real Christmas dinners to those to' whom a good dinner at any time is unexpected luxury. Baskets, too, were sent loaded with provisions for a, week pr so to the destitute and needy. These" and others faithfully tried to carry out the idea of' the orig inal Christmas that came first to a manger and then glorified lowliness, With the cares and trials of troubled gift buyers for one year set at rest and with the army of tired servants of the public from the stores and shops given at lettot one day's rest, the "Sab bath Christmas' will ' be celebrated quietly today in the. special services of the churches and in the homes., - , v ' , 4 . Thomas O'Connor. . . Thomas P. O'Connor, who has Just passed his eighty-seventh year, h been a resident of Portland since' 1243 and frequently entertains his friends with stories of the early days of the city and of the changes which have occurred since his residence here. He came to Portland from Klltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland. His wife has been dead for 1? years and he is living here with his daughter. "BIG HARRY" GRABS . HUNK OF. LUCRE. AS "LITTLE JOE" ROLLS ' (Special Dlnpatch to'The Journal.) ; Seattle, Wash., Dee. 24. "Big 4 Harry" Rogelct is y richer by 4 4 about J7000 and a diamond .stud w worth $250 as k result of a game ;' 4 of craps with 8am Plnchower, a ; 4 gambler and tenderloin charac- 4 ter, played In the tatter's room '' over the Open Front saloon en , Wednesday night. ..' The. exact 4 - amount of Plnchower's loss is 4 sot, given out, but the loser ad- mlta he dropped .$1200 on two ' 4 ' throws of the cubes. Two years 4 ' ago Pinchower dropped $10,000 in 4 4 a crap game with Gideon Tupper.' 4 4 Not having any cash, he gave 4 Tupper a check, but believing he had been bunkoed, ne stopped 4 " payment on the check.; Gold was 4 ' demanded after each roll of the J, nones" Wednesdayviwand '"Ei Harry'? has the cash-!.''fi'-'':'.r;S": 4 IDUCEIiED. -lUEIS Dfflffil Three Men Whom He -Says Carried Him Off in Auto- ; , mobile Are Arrested. jJe Damarco, his wife and 8-year-old daughter, living near Eugene, came to Portland last Wednesday .afternoon to spend Christmas. ' They were visiting Mr, and Mrs. Tony Splnilla, 139 Fif teenth street north. Damarco wandered downtown Wednesday evening, . was seized by three Italians, loaded Into an automobile, 'taken to- several saloons and later held up at the point of knives and robbed of $67, he declares., v - Yesterday afternoon County Detective Paddy Maher arrested Charles Rasa, auto driver with a Stand at Sixth and Stark streets; John Lolacona and Frank I uanen. Tne tnree men are held in the county Jail under bail of $5000 for each person. Damarco has Identified the three men who took, him on such a wild ride and escapade. '. According to. the story told by Da marco, he met Rasa about 7 " o'clock near Sixth and Stark streets. Being countrymen, the. two men -easily formed an acquaintance. Rasa asked him to have a drink. . . In the saloon the twq Italians met Lolacana and Daneri. The two latter each bought drinks for, the party. When Damarco wanted to go home, he -says, the three men forcibly loaded him into the automobile and took him to a dance' either in South Portland or the. East Side. A woman was also Introduced to him, he says, but he refused to have anything to do with her. Not being satisfied with the crowd, Damarco made another attempt to get away from his fellow compan ions, when , they again seised him and carried htm in ; the automobile to a lonely spot near the south limits of the city. The machine was Baited, 'and the three men each drew knives, he says, and ordered Damarco to turn overt his money, which he did. The men then took him back to South Portland, threw him put of the automobile and drove away, according to Damarco. -Damarco found his way to the Ital ian colony Thursday morning, where Splnilla found him. The story of his wild adventure was told and the county detective - took up the chase to : catch the men, with the result that they were lodged in the county Jay. They admit taking Damarco On the night ride aitd visiting several saloons, but deny taking ms money. , Lolacana formerly conducted the Gold en West lodging house and cafe. He ran a notorious place, but when Mayor Lane was 'elected he immediately closed it. Lolacona and Daneri are also known to be "hangers on around the Italian saloons and questionable lodg ing houses. . Damarco is a laborer, and Mrs, Spin ilia, with whom he is spending: Christ, mas. Is his daughter. - ' , ' ' ; y.;. : ,i. . . - mii ' V i ir iii Mendota. Hut v coal for ranges; no dirti IS ton;; delivered. Truscqtt Fuel Co 13th and Overton. M. 65, A-l6 ' For prompt delivery, phone orders for wood and coal. Main 1225, A-1Z35. , REPORT LIE Oil . M DEPM1BII Establishment of. Playgrounds Chief Work Accomplished During Present Year. - According to the annual report of Su perintendent E. T, Mlsche or IM city parks, the principal work ot the de partment for, the , year just closing Is the establishment of playgrounds f in Sellwood, City, Peninsula and Columbia Parks. In none of these parks have the playgrounds been entirely completed, but the park areas, have Deen groaea nu euuipment has been Installed. ' 5 ; At Sellwood Park a reinforoed con- Crete swimming pool has been installed. and this, along with the playgrounds, has been open to th publia free s of charge, under the excellent supervision of competent directors. V Originally It was Intended to make a charge for the bathing suits and towels furnished two days of the week, but the attendance at the park was such as to determine the board to make all lacin- During the coming year it is the in tention of the park board to complete Terwllliger parkway and . to connect it with the stretch of grouna compnsing the North parkway. ,a The grading of the driveway to Mount Tabor Park,, the construction of a play ground in Brooklyn and the grading of a parkway drive in Macleay Park , are other features of development promised for 1911. , - iiiolsT 1 CHRiSTMAS While the TuletMe season may be merry enough for" those who, thanks to the general good health, are not on the city's sick list, there are those who think Christmas, as ;s time of good cheer, Is a misnomer. The city health office was all day yesterday besieged with the telephone calls of those unfor tunates placed under quaranttns - by Deputy Cit Health Officer L R. Bee- man. . ...v i '' ': .: Although the health office records show that there are fewer cases of con tagious disease under quarantine than at any .other time in the history of Portland, there are nevertheless a num. ber of people who wanted to be free to take a trip downtown to view and perhaps to purchase the wares of Santa Claus. i ':'::: .-. Some of the afflicted have even had their family physician call up the health office to help them evade the merciless patrol of the quarantine, ' f j : Among the sufferers is William TL Thompson, a' federal- inspector ' of the department of animal industry.' who was sent from Washington to aid in the pure milk crusade of the city of Port land.! .,,.(- v ,'.,1 1.-1 1 Just across from the city hall, in the Baker apartments, Inspector Thompson liesj a victim of an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Thompson had expoeteii to Erwnd the holidays with his wife and children at Omaha, but luck was against him. He was stricken with pneumonia only a day or two before the circuit court handed down a decision that the manic ipal pure milk' ordinance was" defective. This, decision halted tho activities of the municipal dairy inspection department. and consequently those of the Inspec tors of the government who had been sent to the aid of the city officials. ' J. H. FREY, OPERATOR ON BRIDGE JYEARS, QUITS J. H. Frey, operator on the Morrison street bridge for the last ten and one half years, tendered his resignation this morning to the county court, to take effect January 1, 1911. In resigning Mr.'Frey states that his reasons are that he has accepted a position with the Warren Construction, company, and that the work as bridge tender nas re quired seven days a week, while the newjlace will allow him Sunday, "We are very sorry to lose Mr. Frev." said Judge Cleeton, of the county court, when he received the communication. "He has been a good employe and has served the county well. We have prac tically decided ; upon a: man for the place." ' 'MyJ- . i ' ' . '. B. B. S0BX8, TKS AMXXSX. Who has spent 10 years In the Arctic region and Is coming to the Helltg theatre Wednesday and Thursday, De cember 28 and 29. to show bia motion pictures. The program will be the most remarkable that has ever been seen here and will unfold a new world to the people of this city, when he will show a mush over the froien trail with a dog team, mining the gold, Eskimo villages, reindeer herds, ' walrus hunts, Alaska and Siberia scenery, all Alaska sweepstakes' race with" dogs, the ice packs In the Arctic, the polar bear swimming for life among the large Ice fields of the Arctic, its capture anu death and many other beautiful scenes. Mr. Dobbs will lecture, explaining every scene in detail. : An evening with Mr. Dobbs and his pictures is the means of gaining an - education on Alaska worth many times the price of admis sion. Tickets on sale tomorrow at box Office. , , Result of a three days' hunt by Carl Wallaner and John Jt Wolff in the vicinity of Government camp on Mount Hood. The hunters left Portland Oc tober 2 and the second day out each killed a fine buck, one weighing 224 and the other 2J pounds. L0IE FULLER MAKES X UNEXPECTED SUCCESS ' lmdon, Dec. 24. Like Sarah Bern hardt, the American dancer, Lole Fuller, is enjoying a second youth. She made rather an unexpected ' success on her rt-iippearance In London and , now In tends to rent the little theatre from the proprietor, Gertrude Kingston, and give -v--istjrMt-tfrwntig'show'-arty next month. The munio is to be entire ly Moiart. There are to be gorgeous lighting effects and many small child-r-n W ill take part . m f10H0NS MADE AT HILL ACADEMY '. The annual holiday general orders Is sued yesterday at Hrirs Military acad emy carried many ' coveted Christmas presents for members of the cadet corps. Promotions of line officers and appoint ments for both commissioned and non commissioned officers - of the cadet corps have, for years been awarded at Christmas season at the academy aa a reward for efficiency. -The advent of the general order is always awaited with much eagerness by the cadets, and it was a source of much satisfaction when Cadet Richard E. .Wiley, of Hills boro, was made major commanding, i Cadet Wiley entered the preparatory department of the academy in 1904, and three years later arrived at the captain cy of Company C " After serving two years he was made captain of B com pany, composed of older students. - ' . Cadet Wendell K. Phillips of Van couver. Wash.,", was made captain and adjutant while Cadets Raymond E. Gorman, of Kathlamet, Wash., and Paul H. Shearer, ; of Toppenlsh, Wash., were promoted to the rank of captain, m other appointments were as follows: Lindsay H. Brown of Portland, first SANTA RIDES GOAT AT WOODMEN'S FESTIVITIES Riding a goat instead of handling a pair of reindeer, Kris Krtngle was the main feature at a holiday entertainment given by Woodmen of the World at the East Side temple Friday night Banta Claus was received by a weirdly-dressed degree team and initiated into the or der, the fun not stopping until the saint of the children had consented to, open lieutenant; Alfred E. Smith of Portland, all the children.:. Two large trees were James F. Hutton of Portland and A1-; unloaded. The members of Multnomah camp No. 77 distributed, 110 turkeys to .those Woodmen who "had furnished the camp with one application ' during the past 60 days, v" , ' ' . . . j D J.1 Beakey, deputy head consul for the northwest Jurisdiction, and whose headquarters are in Spokane, was cap tured by the entertainment committee and addressed the 900 persons present. MrBeakey is here to spend the holi days among old friends and relatives. bert H. Bell of Portland, second lieu tenants; Wlllard St Martin of Carson, I Wash., sergeant major; A. C. Murray of, Dayville, Valentine Brown, Jr, of Port-1 land, B. W. Hutchinson of Portland, I first Sergeants; V.-A. WiUlams of Eu- ! gene, chief musician; D. M. Payne and; O. F. Byerly, all of Portland and M, C. ' Parsons ot Spokane, second sergeants; J. F. Wardner of Seattle, color sergeant; t L, V. Ilolbrook and H. D. 'Jajger of ' foruana ana irroi uriggs ot ew west minster, B. C, third sergeants; Paul TrwtjalrrasfiandsometyTlecoratearHna t76fle80ftrLTOl,angOBrcn", of among the girts were many remem. trances from the lodge to those, mem bers who had been particularly active during the year. San Frandsoo, and J. W. Hudson, John Ditchburn, I). J. Coovert, H. E. 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