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THE OREGON SUNDAY'' JOURNAL, PORTLAND.. SUNDAY . MORNING. MAY '21.' 1911. j ! i-iiijmj , m l. in. is , 7 MBIT FACTS THIEF TED AT NICE J COUNT TURNED , Figures Obtairicd Shoy That Nearly All GIVEN JO PUBUC i iCitizens1 Committee Headed n4l by Postmaster .Merrick, Is Mailing- oignai rrogress in f Campaign, for; Bond Issue. v; :5'-. V. ' ;. '; (c i. .. v. ,.... In the ten days' campaign so fur the . clUsonsv publlo auditorium . committee, ,... af, which Postmaster CV B. Merrick Is v chairman, has- put" tefors the people lacta pertinent' to tha authorising, tha ',. , coat construction and use of a .public r auonorium in Portland. . Tha preaantatlon haa secured the Iri- Ldoraomenla 4of approxlmauijr-14 -cr-j ,,-' gajiUaUona, representing almost aa many organised activities In tha city, r (rneae-Tfiings nave baan oonaldarad: A . Aattorlsatlon-The paopla ara. to rota upon a bond Issua of 1100,000 to ba . , spent ' la securing a alt a and building i, Hitrtoa i aultabla publlo auditorium. Tnaj directing pf bond Issue, tha Selee , tlon of a alt and the 0 pa ratio of tka ,- auditorium to ba (Ivan to aa unpaid .commission of five who :ymU be ep- , v pointed by the mayor. ,. , .'. rsi'C:.)i-y yna v Coat Tha amount to ba vbted on. (1 100.000, la expected to ba acnplo for the . building ..of , a . publlo auditorium, nor : Or less centrally looatad where I . . vrvwai nuainrioi svvv w jo,vvv may ' ba entertained with aoual comfort It la not - daatrad by tha cltliena , who ara promoUng-. .the ' plan that Portland - ahould by falaa "economy attempt to erect a bulldlna; that would fall to aarva tha city- need for a groat popular meeting plaoa and convention halL Tha Interest aoat, the alnklng fund, and tha operation, if it did not pay for Itaelf from rentals, would amount to about 29 eanta a year for tha average taxpayer, who paya oa a valuation of $2000. Thla -would ba- divided .twenty ..cents for Interest, and tha remainder for the sinking fund, between $3000 and $4000 a year, and tha excessost of op .' eratlon. -Figures obtained from other publlo auditorium el t lea abow that none of them haa yet operated at a financial r loss. Nearly all have paid dlvldende. They are In eltlea Ilka Denver, Los An ges, Kansas- City, St. Louis and Bt PauL -i ' ,', . Fire-proofing Beqalred. ; -Construction Includes alta . which cannot bo decided upon by other than the "auditorium commission; by whom - constructed la also left to the commla- ,alon. Awihltecture wOuld be attractive; arrangement of building modern, with ' probable axpanalve Interior bo that rooms ean be made to fit tha crowd aa ia the case with the Bt Paul - auditor! ;um. All would be fireproofed. ' . - . Ue nAll , great aonventlona would meet In. tha publlo auditorium. Port land now geta a number of national conventions, but R. -Vfl Raymond, man agar of tha Commercial club's conven (ton bureau, la authority for tha atate . went that Portland, would get twice aa many great meetlnga aa now If tha city possessed m publlo auditorium. Sunday afternoon conoerts, food. Industrial and . duoatl6naL exhibit would ba given place: The Oregon Historical aectety ' with tta aurpaaalng collection would ba j ;ed is CALLED HARDSHIP Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. Sends Ufgent Lette to Push, Clubs Throughout the City. Asking that tha cltlsens carefully conaider the proposed ordinance to ba aubmitted to the voters tn June making it unlawful for any person to board a crowded car during . the rush hours. General ' Manager. F. W. Wild, of tha Portland Railway, Light Power; com pany, haa prepared a, letter whloS la being aent to all tha push cluba and similar civio organlaatlona in tha city. The letter follows! .. , . " 'An ordinance making It unlawful during . certain rush hours to permit any person to ..board or remain on any street car on which no seat la avail able for auch perVon,' will ba aubmitted to tha votara for. action in the June election. "Relying upon the common sense of our. oltlsena and confident of a. square deal at their hands whan they under stand the facta, I aak you and your as sociates to most carefully conaider this miri.n Tli. 4r4Uln. valiiA PrOpOSed pifMUrC. , j; t . -y I .,v I. la computed to ba equal or greater than tha ooat, no metter'how great ' Information about 8t Paul's publlq auditorium kHaa served. In an effective way to guide the argument for the Portland auditorium. St. Paul getg great conventions almost altogether through the advortlsement that the city posseaaes tha auditorium. A careful i program Of entertainment is carried out " Every month witnesses some event of compelling attraoUvenes that brings in , thousands of people who spend their money In tha city with iha bualneaa ln- , . . terests and hotels. ' t .Xany Zndorsa Zdoa. 'V , M I ...... v . curium ugou laou. iiavo vwiiiq iui. wbok V. from Rose City improvement aaaocuv It tlon. Northeast . Side Improvement aa' fi soclatioh, VWa verly-Rloti mond . Improve- mentcni,4 ;Rotary ciub. Ad club, m- ti jresslve Business .Men's club; IrvlnrtOn i1; clubi Piedmont Push elub, Fulton Park Improvement y association. alt V, Tabor i. Heights Improvement association.. "West- '; moraland Improvement ' asaoelatlon. i Credit Keifs aaaociauon. Mt T.Bcott Die li"le TrnfrMVamant aBBYaUtAln Hn TlfkAAlw. lyn Push elub. South Portland boosters, 'ii Spanish tJTar Veterans, Woodlawn Jm- ,n piTrv(nii Migcwuao, neajiy ooara ana S ' othersi ; -;" ;: v... i,'.f,-:'-f.rtf jf -j-- Ths mskera ' t or-thla- weakr hav keen "assigned by the- speakers' committee, pf which C. A. whltemore la ohatrmanras ioliowa:- - v- ..v-j.;1."" . ;. ' Monday Kentlworth Improvement as. A f aoolatlon, C. C. Chapman; Congrexa tlonal Ml tlonal Ministers' association, O. F.Vohn ston; Kenton Improvement- association, m Trade .'Marshall IK" Dana.' y ,- .c i rt, :'. '' vv Xlohaxdson to Boost. !.v',.'. t- v ? Tuesday- Sellwood Improvement -club, i"' Tom Richardson, i: "iX ;';;C-: - 'A.-, ,. Tnursday - ..progressiva , -x. Business ,y-: Men's; club, Dr. 3hjamitt xounjp f and ifi Marshall N. Danaf East Harrison Im 3 , provement club;' Rev William A.' Daly "; saturaay--untea , commercial jvxrav J ors, W; a.: Bristol, - f',?W-X v Th auditorium 'eseiiy contest among school children has developed-into one of the most interesting features of aha auditorium cqmpalgn . To pupils mnthe eigm graae ano lower pi nny scnooi, are offered thre priaea ff ,'the jbeat sssat in advocacy ( or , the pubilCf auditorium. Tha prises re110i'-$5 . arid 2,B0.tThe essay la to b not less than: 309,- or mora than fc60words lonft, written on one side tha paper in a legible' hand. The con test Closes May .2?-.;f . -i ANNUAL MUtESH0Wji t'-kl REARD0N JUNE 14 .Reardon, Wash. May-20. "Mule Day' haa been fixed for June 1 In Reardon, and.-committees are busy, arranging for a big- exhibit; : Mula dAy doe not neeJ essafiiy mean that it is for mules aiono, but for horses, colts and other livestock. Rome of the best stock In the Blar Bend f country la shown On that; date. 1.' 41 i j. . . AAA m A A A wh. - laat year and each year sees an increaae f , in numo.,' tspoti.nr . uiuo wno ro Interested m biooaea stock. , , Although r Reardon is a town of ess than 1000 lnJ ( naDiiania u biiuw lapnv ox me largest f-' In 'easterns Washington outside Of the t ppokane Interstate r fair.:; Last!; year ' $60rwag given in purses and premiums i and thla year the amount wilt probably ba lnoxeaad.OfV ir-'fe; ia-: 'United States: Senators MartM i and Swanson ' andv Representatives Carter; Glass and William Jones, who are after) the senatorships ln Virginia, will have to pay about $S0OO each; to enter the Democratlo prlmar V" 11 "Our city la rrowlng wonderfully fast and if it . experiences 'growing pains,' do not mistake it for dlseaae. If during the rush hours' the ' cars are crowded, do not forget that of pri mary responsibility Is the eustom com mon to all American cities, . of the large majority of the population, In the short space of an hour or an boor and one-half, rushing home from work or business.. Do not forget that. hero in Portland the atreet railway company la striving with all the power and ability at ita command to improve the traf fic conditions, to better its service. ,: aTptndlaf XiUlons.' . "Do not forget that ' the executive off icials of the Portland Railway, Light ft Power company with faith In the community and with financial Courage almost uoequaled have raised, and ex- reroJed itillltons.of dollar' for hnprove- ments, betterments and new construc tion of the public, utilities of the , city. Do not forget : that during .thla year considerably over $6,000,000 (much more thanrther grass' earnings ) are' being ex pended thus, of which nearly $550,000 ara for'SP additional cars'. for Juno and September. delivery. -Do not forget that there are , factors , strongly . affecting street ; car transportation . whlch.s are be yond the control of the street -rau way organisation, auch as ..the rVldges,' the vehloular congestion,; ttie narrow streets, tha short blocks. Do not forget that the adminlatrattve ornciais and., employee, some $000 in all, ara but human, with human liability to error and , with hu man ' limitation "of performance. '.. Bear in mind the phenomenal growth, of Port land while jfou,ara, htnk.inf tof, these things.. .'S.'i - iV-.''"' ;' v .y.. -". l lrr". .Ordlnaaco vteaMaabta. . . ' rrhe: 'proposed! ordinance maWng ;it unlawful, duungvaertam rusn-nours- to permit vany 'person Atoi. board 'Or- remajn on any street car. on which no seat la available f or suoh pSrson ' is unreason able,. lm possible of execution and would defeat, tha very object sought, ,i, that is to , provide better, transportation f faclllf tes. , -'.s ; :' -r-'C a i ; -"First of all.- it would cause Intoler able hardshfp on the" traveling public, "There is. not ' surflolent trackage In oWt;i business' Hlstrlc't toy permits of enough: .cars - helpg rua- to give m seat to ',aIl who desires to ride, during.' ; tne rush v itotirs, although t ears occupied ever toot Of track, except street in tersections which onust be kept open for" other traffic. . r-. - - 'Let us suDDOBe,. the. ordinance In ef. fco v that the; impossible , actually had been aone, ana me necessary racuities provided; ; An East Slder leavea hia of fice or place of business at tha usual ho,ur ;oes io- Second : and ; Washington street, ; f or ' example, -to take a , Wood lawn . or Alberta ,, ear. The first car comes' along has a seated load, no one sunding.-. i-:r'S;:-..:- atuffera Xong ..oslay) "TfTa boards 'the ear and ia informed by, the aonductor of the ordinance mak ing It Mnlawful . to permit any- person to board or remain upon any street cat- In- which AO eeatAis' available for tho passenger. ; A law.; abiding eltlxen." he allghu and waits for the next car. Car no. 3 comes along. He nnaa it haa a atated load.:1 but thinks posslbfy. this conductor might strain a point and let one passenger . rile.v So h attempts the former tactics Vfth the same result The third, fourth; . fifth and sixth, cars arrive With seated loads- no one stand ing, r He, becomee , Impatient knowing that dinner Is watting for aim. and aa ho had left the office in -ample time to reach home, eat dinner with his fam ily, and " having ; made "-" arranxementa probably to take them lo-the theater, or to visit on, the West "Side, he finds time la getting very, short and. it does not serve -aa a bairn to have the sev- U i . f L dA;U:nM ..:r h rruJ " . - m t a x s i f - ii v. -- - i 'i'ji fi ti i j r - ! f . i ' i w s. m mm m . W V-" -"i- 1 . ' . :.:' fv' , .; I I '- ' ,-1.V''?jy Berlin, May SO- -If. Is announoed that one of the moat dangerous international ewfridlers. Count Ostmvsky, has, be-n arraated at -Kloe. --This man Is- well known to the Berlin, police as the per- peirmur 01 m seriee or paring rooDanea In various continental hotels. .? . ; - ? " "Black Ohost from the Kalserhof." oi allUA11h nff tha MialAilN-Ma Itm em a. an a a la hvvvuii ve. an uintwui MiaaMV bsbsbm iiu a aaa which he went to work in tha Ilerlln hotel of this name. It was his eustom a h-Mll.t. LI 1 I .L 1 . I were in eviaeni poaeesaion or jewelry. ' At night he divested himself of bis ' ordinary clothing, and arrayed himself in a auit or biacx tignta wun a master . key ne opened tne roms or nis viotime , ana made a clean aweep or . ail . tne ' Jewelry within reach. It was proved that In mm. iala ahrt ... rooms wrra 100 norriiiaa o .crrrnin, ana for quite a long while Ostrovsky man aged to escape. ix. . He la undoubtedly a count, born with lirn aa.afaa n TTiiaat. TTa rtilniMT Mm."T aelf by playing in various European ; (i1 vat a, inu iMin w in.ii, inu vrnni Kharolna-. ha bHimi well known In ' Tn Nlee hec ailed hlmaelf Count Cran- . rm ui. v I 1. .. i i. . , , ' kuiii ma uiRini uaui iibtv w a jew. iry Tmiuea . tsuuu, s men ior wnicn n Buffered a prolonged period of Imprison ment. nil at riou nnnTPflTPn riLui rion. rnuicuicu : dv i hKi cniinin ncAtv ui uniif i wwiiw uunu, ' .:v ';,.'' (Br th. Intenwtlon.1 New Serttee.l - - -Dunedln, N. Z., May 20. The moat famoua fish In the world, known' as' Peloroua Jack, which had the dlatino- tlon of being protected by a special act of parliament is dead. It ia not qtllte clear whether thla special honor aole aurvlvor of hla species or to the clseumetance that he voluntarily acted a sort of pilot for ships. Certain It is, however, that for 30 years and more this monster of the deep met all . steamers bound for Wellington, whether they arrived by day or night He usu ally took up a position ahead of them In Peloroua sound, aa If with a perfect, understanding as to their destination. ) Thua he earned the aobriquet of tha "pilot . fish." while by some . he was ' known aa tha Loner Flah of the French Paas. . i . Peloroua Jack, to riva him the -most familiar name, waa one of thi "sights" on the voyage to Wellington. Occasion- ' any passengers naa so nine respecv ror him that they tried to "pot" him with their revolvers, but thla sort of. thing was stopped when the New Zealand leg- , lalature laid it down that tha fish must on no account be interfered , with. . No statute, however, could give Peloroua Jack an indefinite lease of life,- and ' the report comes that hla body has been '. found, psrtly eaten by the ahaijta. - He is supposed to bo the last of, a race of marine monsters which flourished " la French Pasa half a century ago. ' Three Views ot interior of St. Paul's magnificent public auditorium. At top, to left, is shown portlcn of main floor entrance; adjoining la lounging room on second floor; below la general view of malu interior. . ' enth car coma along, also with a seat ed load, although there are plenty of cars running. Heated Argument Ho can make no complaint as to there not .being; sufficient cars, , and finally he boards the 'seventh car determined to ride anyway and accept the conse quences. A f ter a heated argument with the conductor, a polloeman Is -called and he is ejected from ,'the car because' the ordinance says that vlti shall be un lawful during ' certain rush hours to permit any person . to board or remain upon any street car in which there is no seat available." Thereupon he walks up Washington to Fifth street then north on Fifth in order to catch one of the incoming-cars and secure a seat At last he succeeds, he looks at hla watch and finds that half an hour haa elapsed since he. left the office. But hia troubles : ..are not ended, for now com ". another difficulty; f- &aeaua -the loop on - which these cars operate is so crowded with cars that there la only about six feet of space between them and consequently, they move vary slow ly. 1 Brldga -Difficulty. "So Instead of taking four or five minutes to reach Burnside bridge fif teen ' minutes ara necessary, and thla condition remains the- same until . he arrives at the first turning off point of. the track, which - in tbie auppoei Uoue case, . will . be Broadway.. .Finally ha alvw-hma at Woodlawn or there about In Just one hour and twenty-five minutes from tha time of leaving Sec ond and Washington streets, whereas r V. izmA' r; ; ' i' ? ; ,, A. . ;',V ''- .':' '.-S ' '' "What ShaD We Do This Evening?" v Wpdnt;you..Hke to sit down to a beautiful Player Piano and find rest rlaisation -pleasure-r-in playing some dreamy nocturne from Chopift, some ;majestic;masterpiece fronv Liszt, or possibly some sparkling selection from 3 the latest opera ? No matter how defective your musical training may be, TKefM BalChase "Artistano,, Player Piano ' . . . .'(-:':: :: : ' " ' ' - immediately " endows you with resources as rich and varied 'as are the aspir ,J ings of a musical genius. A recent improvement, the accentuating pedals an improvement not found in any other player piano -has made the "Artis-;t tano" pre-eminently "the player piano with the hnman touch." Sold on con -, . 1 venient terms,' and the full market value allowed on your old piano in . . eJcchange. . ' ' - j :- ".' , -r- "The Home V. of the-;,. SteinwtjT Sherman MomsoiiiStreet at Sbttn Portland. '- y c- '..v-r.-'J , 4 5'- - i.i'.-.k''. .Victor Talking Machines the trip today takes about $0 minutes. "Thla would be true in varying de gree of all the llnee. Then consider also the further difficulties whea the bridges are opened. , -' "The framers of tha ordinance ob viously are unaware of what the rail way company would have to do to com ply with it First of an, funds for Im provements can be raited only If the railway produces net earnings. The operation - of the ordinance would ef fectually prevent net earnings so that no more funds could be raised and all improvements would have to cease," Wot Xnotura Carmen. - ; ,' , "For example, the railway system to day requires about one half the power generating and distributing; capacity of v the company'a plaita To comply with ' the ordinance, were tha cars now avail- - able, would mean to use all of tha 'present power capacity In order to sup ply the railway. Were it possible to ultimately overcome this difficulty to get the csrs to build the necessary ad ditional downtown ' loops to build the neoessary storage barns 1 and shops there would still be tha practical Im possibility of securing enough carmen , to operate the cars, for only the rush hours of each day. "It may Interest you to know that today not more than 80 per cent of the seating capacity of the cars ' operated -throughout the day In Portland la util ised the other 40 per cent is excess. "Much harm and mischief - to - the public and to the company can be done between the adoption of this ordinance . and the ultimate determination of ita futility. I. therefore, appear to , your oivlo intelligence to help . bring- thej ' facts of thla measure before your or- ganlratlon and such voters aa you can reach."- .-.-,.. vxr For use in night funerals a hearse haa appeared In New Tork with tha in terior illuminated with - Incandescent lights, fed 'by a Storage battery. Alveolar The Acme of Perfection . Does Away Entirely With Brldgework and Plates TEETH TO EAT WITH One of the greatest featurea of the Alveolar Dental Co.'a Alveolar Method of supplying teeth without plates or bridgework is that they are inatantly vllhl tn eat with. A certain man came to us one day not over a year ago, ana we auppuea sua with a new set of Alveolar teeth. "Now for a alrloin," he aaid, as he left. He came back next day all amlles -' I , had not enjoyed a meai so mucn In 20 yeara as the one I sat down to an hour after leaving; your off loea," he said. "These are the real thing: they ara tuttth .to as.t with sure enouKh. This is a common occurrence in' these offices, but not every patient Is able to voice his satisfaction in euon an ex- nfunlmi and orls-lnal fashion. We would nxe to enow you muub ui nnr work tn tha office and refer you anma t1 T nntlontji. Some of the best known people of tbla oity ana lata We are rurnisning xootniese people with teeth to eat with, so the human machine will run emoothly. False teeth on "nartlal" dates or a piece of ordl nary "bridrer work that la a torture- some thing to bite on are almply teeth for looka." They nil up gapa in u it n hut won't do for hard -work. AM we ask la tnat you nave ore or more teetn len in tne jaws, arouna vhih w hulld our structure. We make tne new teetn nrra : ana solid, so you can bits and chew your fobfl in a natural manner.- n ' It 18 a practical piu tu munwior- atlon, not painful at any stage of the work, and la permanent i -' There is no Donng- into tne guma or cutting, nothing disagreeable a com fortable piece of work from a tart to flnlah, and afterward. You have no doubt been reading aur announcemente from time -.to .-time. Won't you take the next step and come nd let us look your mouth over free of charge? ' ' Ir your eein tie gont jira sewi new ones.- now, ' will you nave Tne seat or a makeshift? - . '- Will you spena your money ior seew to eat with or teetn for looks? You are the one to decide. r Alveolar teeth excel both in service and looks. , But we wouia urtro you to at least lei us prove our claims. OUR MOTTO: ; : Here it is tn four .sentences: Have a product as aearly perfee as will and skill can make It , Throw your own personality Ut 1. Advertlsa the troth about It 1 Xeep adverttsmar It all the time, rain or shins, ,; ; ' , ;v ' "-; Alveolar Teeth Where Bridgwirork Is - impossible. If only your front teeth ara left say three or four or more, we can replace all those that have been lost on both sides, clear back, with perfect Alveolar teeth, whilst bridgework would be Im possible even if you had eight or ten -front teeth to tie to. If you nave only , the back teeth on each side, say mo- -lars, we can aupply all the front teeth ' that are mlsalna; with beautiful, ' ser viceable, lifelike Alveolar teetht This could not possibly be done by the bridge ' route And where bridgework la pos sible there la no comparison between the- two. A very large "percentage of our work la taking out bridgework put In bv auonoeedlv hlxh elass eenusts, - and replacing it with the beautiful and " artistic Alveolar teetn., , Ana, umme t' bridgework in j another reapeoti it Is , praoucauy painless. , o ooring or cu- Una- into the sums, nothing to i be i dreaded. Now, then, prices being eflual, which would you choose? . ,, ;. ; Oaruta Pyorrhea (loose teetn , a dis ease given up by other oentists as in curable, is another or our apeciamee, Wa cur it absolutely. " It's a bojjtful statement to make, but we can do any- -thing-that ! possible in dentistry, and what we do is always, of the very hlrhest class, Our . bookleta. Alveor Dentistry, are free. Write far one if you cannot call. We hae aampla "f our work to abow at all times, and U very best of references, an arniy of them, la this city and atate. - . . . ; -, : r-tt -'v " '" ' j '; - - . ' , ;"''' 1 TJCB AaaTBOXatB BSXTAI. co irt. PorUaad, Abington BWr, I cm ft eattle, Xalght tMr . 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