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THE OREGON , i SUNDAY JOURNAL, . PORTLA ND,. SUNDAY-Ii MORNING APJRIL. : 1&Y 1915. E Millard, who makes his exposition headquarters "by the big red apple from Hood River, states that the building of the Columbia River Highway, has in fluenced - a number of prominent In vestors from his state to corns to Ore gon this spring with the view of pur chasing fruit lands and city: property. Misses Helen and Margaret Piatt are visiting Colonel and Mrs. R. G. Ebert, who were well known to Portlanders when they were stationed at Vancou ver Barracks. Lieutenant Walter Bos well of the same , post has been in a local hospital for a fortnight, and was joined this week by Mrs. Roswell and their children, who came down from Vancouver to attend him. Bits of Personal Gossip. ; - Captain Richardson, u." S. "A- of A.' Cabanlss,. of Seaside. Walter Smith, Edgar Frank and several c era from Oregon. , . . .... . Henry Teal was here a day cr the first of the week, and "W. E. : Cord was a Stewart hotel guest. C ers at that hotel were: Mr. and -Lloyd Bates. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Lc; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Waldron. Mr. a Mrs. .William T. Foster. Miss CU entlne Lewis and Miss Butler re; tered early In the week, and have fc dally exposition visitors. : l Robert Edwards, George I". Rot well, L. J. Wentworth, Mrs. H. Goods. Miss N. B. Pipes, the II. Lo family, the H. C. Thompsons, Stae Thompson, J. - H. Robinson, C. Moody, Helen Coman Yates. Louis . Wltte, Hugo De Groat. Mrs. Rose I Groat, H. II. Sichel, S. G. Trullins F. C. Ransom. J. S. Fowler, Jame :! Reed and Mrs. W. D. Wells and oth Oregonians lingering here to visit t exposition. : lYou will please a Serbian by ca': lng him a Serb, but don't venture t call a Slav a Slab. SAN FRANCISCO CELEBRATES. NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRE BY FAIR RECALLS INCIDENTS OF GREAT DISASTER Portlanders Who Went to Frisco on Errand, of Mercy 9 Years Ago Tell Stories, Washington, D. C, who Is known the length -of the Pacific coast. I and Is a member of the Arlington club, is visit ing the exposition and hobnobbing with the many Portlanders now here. Wirt Minor, Ion Lewis and Pat Ef-1 finger were dining in Talts the other evening, and .in the same cafe were the Van Schuyvers,, Major and Mrs. A. SAN FRANCISCANS HERE . K. A. J. Macksnzls Headed Party of Physician Who Departed ay of SliMttr. QUAK ANNIVERSARY tliJ'ft ; : sat if - , Q. V l::f 1 I) II SSWSWSSSSSSSlgSSeSSSSWSS m,.ui..miM wgMfww?V..iiii j,., ,mw, n,. x - Nine years ago today San Francisco . was shaken, by earthquake, and , scourged by fire. T The first shock was at 5:15 a. m. It lasted about two minutes. Five minutes later there wag another, less . severe, and In about three hours an i. other slight disturbance. Wires came down, water and gas mains were broken. Fires broke. out. Chaos ruled, i The news became generally known In Portland In the morning-. That afternoon a party of physicians de parted for the stricken city. Among them were Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, in Charge; Dr. Ralph C. Matson, Dr. F. H. Dammasch, Dr. A. L. Berkley, Dr. John Swenson, Dr. W. B. Spencer, Dr. Walter R. Coffman, Dr. Marie Equl. and Dr. Boles, now of Tillamook. The movement to send this party was ? Initiated by Misses Lois Steers and ; Wynn Coman. With the party went Otis Wight, J. D. Sternberg, Ruther ford M. Pau and 18 Portland nurses. 7: Among those who lived in San Fran cisco at the time of the disaster and are now residents of Portland are A. I. Dolliver, F. D. Beale. Dr. B. P. Shepherd, Monroe Goldstein, D. A. Don nelson, R. C, Johnson, Frank E. Hil ton, R. S. Seemster and Dr. William O. Spencer. Will Observe Anniversary. ( In observance of the anniversary (.ne v-amornia society, many of whose members lived in San Francisco nine years ago, will give a ball at the Ma sonic temple Wednesday night. Miss Agnes K. Welch is chairman of the arrangement committee. wim tne reaer party that went irom Portland with carloads of sup plies were Will O. MacRae, Marion MacRae, Jefferson Myers, J. N. Teal, F. W. Leadbetter and H. L. Plttock. Others were In San Francisco at the time. "My mother and sister were in San Francisco visltlng,,, said Dr. F. H. . Dammasch last night. "We could get no word from them. Leaving Port land with the physicians the night following the earthquake, Wednesday, - we reached Oakland Friday morning. While we were waiting for a boat to take us across to' San Francisco, I saw my mother and sister on the fed ryboat with th refugees coming into Oakland. They had been furnished with tickets to Portland, and in 10 minutes from- the time I met them they were on their train for home. Chin n man ' was Impressed. M "We doctors were taken on- a tug to the Presidio. That niirht - we cot i passes and-went to the top of, Tele graph hill and looked down on the burning city. The next day Drs Mac kenzie, Boles. Matson and , myscelf were , assigned to the contagious Hos pital at Harbor View, on the . water front. 'Near'where we were stationed a relief station was distributing shoes We watched the line, and saw one Chinese come five times in the course of an hour and get a pair each time. We followed him, and found that he had hidden eight pairs In a sewer ex cavation. We confiscated his hoard and him too. He was pressed Into service as cook and dishwasher and had to serve two weeks. -' . "I'll never forget our first night at the Presidio. There were four of us to one mattress in a tent. We slept crosswise of the mattress, with our suitcases for pillows and our over coats for covering.." j Dr. Equl was the only woman pay- Panama-Pacific International Exposition Is in Full Blast in City That Nine Years-Ago Today Was Reduced to Ruins by One of Most Disastrous Fires in History. San Francisco, April 17. Nine years ago tomorrow San Francisco was re duced to ruins by the great fire that followed in the wake of the earth quake. Today the city rejoices in not only having rebuilt on a bigger and better scale but In having an inter national exposition of the first magnitude. It was on April 18, 1906, that an earthquake rocked the city, breaking the water mains and shutting off the water supply so that It was impos sible, to check .-. the resultant flames which, within 72 hours, laid the city in ruins,, rendering homeless thou sands of .Its citizens. The work of rebuilding the city was begun at once. And more than that, in the fall of 1906 its citizens began plans for an exposition and In Decem ber, 1906, an exposition company was Incorporated. ; ; ; On January 14, 5 1907, State Senator Edward I. Wolfe, introduced a bill In the legislature carrying an appropria tion of $1,000,000 from state funds to "pay expenses necessary for the proper representation of the state of Cali fornia, and of an exhibit of the pro ducts thereof, at the proposed inter national or world's exposition, to be held in the city and county of San Francisco- in 1913, commemorative of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the I'acific ocean by Vasco runez Balboa, and to provide for com misisoners thereof." The bill was passed by both houses of the legisla ture but died by pocket vote. Tne Great Idea Will Wot Sown. And still the Great Idea would not down. It was retarded, but it re mained alive. San Francisco was de termined to have an international ex position and refused to lose sight of this idea amid the hurly burly of re building herself. In November, 1909. letters were sent out to 2500 representatives of the com mercial organizations of the city, ask ing them whether or not they wanted an exposition. Almost without-exception the replies were strongly In the atrirmative. A mass meeting ' was called for December 7, 1909, to be held on the floor of the Merchants' Ex change. Meantime, the proposed ' San Fran cisco exposition was once more brought to the attention of the nation through the Introduction by Congressman Julius Kahn of a bill carrying an appropria tion of $5,000,000. The United States, and incidentally the world, learned with amazementahat San Francisco, through all her troiible, had kept alive the flame of her faith and had never lost sight of the Great, Idea. Scenes at- the Panama-Pacific International . Exposition. toj Visitors on the steps of the Oregon building. Left The Tower of Jewels at night. Right, Bottom Crowds throng the Zone. The day following the introduction of Congressman Kahn's bill the mass meeting was held, and it was deter mined that a committee of six be ap pointed to name a ways and means committee of 100, or more if neces sary. - f On December 26, 1909, the committee of six returned a report containing 200 names, whose owners became the ways and means committee. Three days later they met and organized. F. W. Dohrmann, one of the prominent mer chants of San Francisco, suggested as a slogan "San Francisco Invites the World." .This was changed to Cali fornia Invites the World," In recogni tion of the fact that the exposition be longs not to San Francisco alone, but to the entire state, since the state has worked with San Francisco In building the exposition, and was adopted. The ways and means committee named a directing committee of 30, which afterwards became the board of directors of the Panama-Pacific Inter national exposition company. The lat ter company was incorporated March 22, 1910, Homer S. King being elected president. On April 28, 1910, "only four days more than four years after the begin ning of the great fire, a mass meet ing was held on the floor of the Mer chants' Exchange building at which $4,089,000 was subscribed toward the exposition in less than two hours. Contest With Slew Orleans. Then came the warm contest with New Orleans as to which city should have the honor of being the scene of a great exposition in 1915. Each city had its vigorous supporters, but when, finally, the tide turned in favor : of San Francisco, the nation having been led to believe that the city that only four years before had been a heap of ruins was really capable of "putting on the big show,' be it said to the credit of the disappointed southern city and its supporters that they all turned to and gave the California metropolis all possible assistance. . Work on the exposition was now be gun in earnest. More mass meetings were held and further subscriptions received. Gavin McNab suggested a municipal bond issue of $5,000,000 at a meeting at which it was guaranteed that San Francisco would raise $7 500,000 toward the exposition. On September 116, 1910, the legis lature met In a special session and pro posed for public approval two const! tutional amendments: one to raise $6,' 000,000 by state tax, and the 'other to permit San Francisco to bond itself for a similar, amount. Both amendments were approved by . the people, funds tnereDy being provided tor actual con structlon work. -These were later aug- men ted by a congressional appropria tion of $5,000,000 , - , Homer S., King-having resigned, on account of Jeaving the state. Charles C. Moore was elected president of the ex position company: and has carried the great work to successful completion his election taking place April 4, 1911 Ground was broken for the exposl tion on October 14, 1911. by President Taf t. From that date the dirt began to fly and there i was never an hour, day or night, when San Francisco and California were not actively engaged In preparing for the exposition which was officially opened February 20 of this year when President Wilson flashed the signal from Washington. slcian to be registered with the United States army for tho relief work at San Francisco, during the progress of which she held the rank of cap tain. She received the thanks and commendation frpm Colonel Tourney, Musical Matinee THE ALWAYS POPULAR CONCERTS GIVEN BT THE Eiler's Talking Machine Company ?re beingcontinued ev"y day at four p. m. In their RECITAL hall. The present Opera season is being followed closely and excerpts from the Operas given each week are presented by the world famous Artists who are associated with these great works. Also a condensed version of the story in English, which gives those who are attending the Operas here a chance to learn the story be fore attending the performance. Below, is a sample of the several programs which will be presented during the coming week: CAVALLERIA RUSTIC AN A Prelude . v .' ; 35104 ' La Seala Orchestra. II. tstciliana (Thy Lips Like Crimson Berries) 87203 Enrico Caruso. Canzone Alfio , 87097 Pasquale Amato. with Chorus. , IV. Vol lo sapete (Santuzza's Air) 88430 Margaret Mitzenauer. -V Intermezzo , . . 17311 Victor Concert Orchestra. , vi BrindisI (Drinking Song) ".... . . 64245" ' George Hamlin. ....... VII. :!;. Addio alia madre (Turidd'u's Farewell to His Mother) ... . . ." 88277 Riccado Martin. Pagliaccl Prologue PAGLIACCI VI II. " 'Titta Ruffo." IX. 88392- 88S93 L'n tal cloco (Such a Game) Nicola Zero la. x. - Ballatella (Ye Birds) ; Lucretia Borl. XI. La Commedia Harleqnlns Serenade . Huguet and Plni - Cori. , . XII. No Pagliaccl non sou , .... Enrico Caruso. , ,. XIII. Finale of Opera , Pabli. Huguet. Clgada. Badlni. Pini-Corsi and Chorus. ETEET WEEK DAT 3:00 TO iSO P. K. 64208 88398 . 35175 88279 92013 Second Floor, Eilers Building, . Broadway at ' Alder. under whom she worked. Up to that time, there had been but one other woman. Dr. Anita McGee, who was met at San Francisco, who had served as a physician in the United States army. The 18 ' Portland nurses were under Dr. Equi's charge at the Presidio." "I did not know that I had been a capU'.in until a-few days before I came back to Portland," said Dr: Equl last night. "Jet," Monroe Goldstein's "cocker spaniel, is a '"quaker," and is said to be the only one of the many pets thac were brought to Portland immediately following' the earthquake that sur vives. Mr. Goldstein got her from Charles Pahir's kennels at Burlingame the year before the earthquake. Had Narrow Escape. . Mr. Goldstein, ,who was press agent for the ' Belasco-Mayer theatrical en terprises, .considers his escape and that of Mrs. Goldstein as having been In the. nature of a miracle. They re moved from the hotel In which they had been staying for years the eve ning before the earthquake. The build ing to which they removed' was dam aged little. Their old quarters, a block distant, were wrecked. - "I dragged a heavy trunk, contain ing the things we thought we most needed, from Eddy and Hyde streets, three blocks from the ruined city hall, to Pine and Gough streets the first day, and there we slept the first night. The next day I dragged it on out to Fort Mason. Mrs. Goldstein pushed and the dog followed our strange mov ing party. Within a block of where I wanted to go, at the foot of Van Ness avenue, I had to leave the trunk. My feet Were bleeding from the strain of pulling. : - Will MacRae was a member of the Oregon relief committee. He bought a big circus tent from E. Henry Wemme. It was first established at Hamilton square, in the safety zone, and from it food and blankets were distributed. The tent was later taken over by the United States 4 army. , Kad Three Badges. "Speaking of the soldiers," said Mr. MacRae, "I am reminded of the dif ference between the regular a pd the militia. We of the relief corps wore three badges, one from General Funs ton, one from Mayor Schmidt, and one from somebody else, that allowed us to pass the sentry lines. At night, if we met a regular, he would bring his rifle up across his breast and com mand us to halt while he, looked at our badges. If we met a militiaman, he would cock his gun, bring At to his shoulder and cover us, holding It over our , hearts while he peered down the barrel to see If we were properly tagged. -v .' ; , . ; . 'Everybody was pressed ' into - ser vice, for there was work for everyone. Mike Fisher, manager, of the Sacra mento baseball -. team, was ; walking down Market street. t He came to the place - where a gang was shoveling brick to clear the street. - KLke richer Sad to Work. "A soldier halted him. ii ; , " I guess you don't .. knqw . who I . '"r: ' am,' said Mike. 'I am Mike Fisher, manager of the Sacramento "uaseball team.' "AU right, Mike,' said the soldier, 'get in and shovel brick.' And Mike did. "Portland really saved the Pacific Coast league at that time," continued Mr. McRoe. "The Portland team was playing in San Francisco. San Fran cisco's games were transferred to Port land and the league was continued as if nothing had happened." Mother Was Maniao. Mr. MacRae saw a woman dragging a baby by the arm, as a little girl might drag a rag doll. The little feet were bare and from them the skin was worn by the pavement. The little head hung limp. As the woman approached Mr. MacRae's party it was seen that the baby was dead. It took four men to hold the mother when they took it from her. She was a maniac. Hundreds of incidents, running the gamut from the tragic to the ridicu lous, are recalled by the Portland contingent. Mr. MacRae has enough of. them to make a book. Oregonians were' very active In the relief work. Mrs. Marion MacRae, now a San Francisco newspaper wom an, was in Charge of the Oregen re lief headquarters at Oakland. Mr. MacRae took the Oregon refugees from San Francisco by automobile. Mrs. MacRae gave them food, cloth ing and tickets home. C. P. R. President Is Apostle of Optimism Sir Tnomaa SnacTlinessy, Exposl tiom Visitor, Bean message of Good Cheer. ' ) San Francisco, April 17. (P. N. S.) Showing their surprise and delight at the marvels of jewel city. Sir Thomas . Shaughnessy, president - of the Canadian Pacific railway. Lady Shaughnessy, and their daughter. Miss Peggy Shaughnessy, are sight seeing at the exposition today as the guests of President C. C. Moore and the board of directors. The Shaughnessysl will remain here for a week and will devote all of their time to the exposi tion. ; . ;, Sir Thomas brings with him ai mes sage of optimism and. good cheer! "The area seeded to- wheat , in Canada is about 25 per cent greater than last season," he said to : an interviewer. "That means a tremendous wheat busi ness for the dominion, and I look for big wheat prices as long as t-he war lasts. ' , ' "With the end oflthe war a great spirit of buoyancy will be felt every where, . particularly in the United States. The eastern portion of .Canada will have normal business this coming season., I believe we are In "for a period of better times both in Canada and the United States.". SAN FRANCISCO FOLK : ARE STILl PROMOTING PAGEANTS AND BALLS Three Day Celebration Begun With Parade of Civilians and the Military. ' Flesh eating animals have the sense of smell better developed than vege table eaters., By Marion Mac Rae. San Francisco. April 17. This morn ing a monster parade of civilians and military thronged the length of Van Ness avenue, from the city hair to the exposition gates, as the opening event in the "Nine Tears After" celebration, which will last three days. As on exposition opening day, the avenue presented a wonderful scene, being one mass of bobbing heads, prancing horses and decorated equip ages of every description. There have been appropriate events at the grounds all day, and this even ing, under the auspicds of the San Francisco Press club, a pageant ball is in progress at the civic auditorium. wntcn is equal to the-great opening ball given there In February. Tomor row a, public thanksgiving service will be held in the court of the universe, and Monday niftt special Illumination features, the burning of an oil-soaked snip, and a joy carnival on the sone win close the 4 celebration. Hundreds or .visitors -have postponed departure to be present at this celebration, which tney deem especially unique. .. Oregonians at Exposition. Commissioner O. M. Clark and. Mrs. Clark arrived last Monday, and are domiciled with the Oregon family' at me- exposition. xney win remain about six weeks. 'Miss Withycombe, daughter of the governor of Oregon- Is another guest who has recently ar rived, naving come down with Miss Ava Milam, who came to take Miss Sarah Lewis post as professor of do mestic science In the O. A. C. exhibit in the building. The model kitchen and lunchroom - conducted by this . depart ment of the Corvallls Institution has made an enviable reputation for the very excellent meals served the public at noontime. : : -vJ- i- " Carrie Jacobs Bond, one of the most celebrated of modern composers. Is at thei Inside Inn- as. tbe guest of Miss Anne Shannon Monroe, "whose personal friend she is. Miss Bond accepted an invitation to give a recital in the re ception room of the Oregon building last Thursday evening, Oregon having the distinction of being the-only state so honored. Mrs. ,Hailey. and . Miss Monroe were pleased to have oppor tunity of extending this entertainment to Mrs. Clark and Miss Withycombe. Guests included all state hostesses and commissioners and : a . number- of the prominent musicians of San Francisco, A reception to state and foreign com missioners is planned for the near fu ture. Christmas Ship Arrives. The arrival of the S. S. Jason, known as the "Christmas Ship," bringing the priceless art exhibits of France. Italy, England, Australia, Spain. Belgium and Greece, probably created more ex citetnent and real Interest than any ex hibit arrival since the fair opened. Thelspaces reserved for these exhibits in the various buildings have been oc cupied by monuments bearing Inscrip tions, "This space Is reserved for Great Britain's exhibit, en route on the S. S. JasonL" etc., ominously like a tomb stone -and visitors always gave ex pression to the hope that the Jason would escape mines and submarines, Which fortunately It did. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Adams, of Portland, who have been Interested x poslUon visitors, have decided to ex tend their visit a few weeks longer, and have taken an apartment In 'the El DrlscolL Mrs. Walter Burrell is back again after a trip to Santa Barbara and other southern points, and in com pany with the Platts and other prom lnent Oregonians is a daily fair visitor. Mrs. Burrell Is accompanied by her son and daughter, Douglas and Louise. Oregon Bnllrtlriar Visitors. Distinguished visitors to the Oregon building the past! week have included Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Judge Le Marr,' commissioner for the united States, and Ernesto Nathan, mayor of Rome, Italy.. M. Nathan ex pressed himself ! volubly - over the unique architecture ' of . the building, and was deeply Interested in the big logs.- Like many: foreign visitors, be seemed to have the - Impression .that they were Imitation., Mrv and Mrs. T.i A. Llvesley, Mr. and Mrs. 'John T. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Bishop and C. D. Gabriel son formed a party of well known Sa lem visitors to the building 'Tuesday. Dr. Otis B. Wright, accompanied by Nevada friends, made the Inside Inn headquarters ' during his visit here. Other Oregonians at this hostelry are: Mr. and Mrs. '.HAH. Jenkins and Ruth Henderson, of Portland, and R. L. Glle. of Roseburg. At the Y. W. C. A. building are registered I. Veatch, the warren, party. Dr.! George Parrlsh and family, Carrie Holbrooic, Mrs. 8. T. Catlin, Mr, and Mrs. T. J. Brandes. Mrs. J. A. Bell, Florence Cleveland, Mrs. M. M, Gilbert and others from various points In the state. Veeds of Xrsa Building;. ; v '- At the press building representatives of The Oregon Journal, Evening Tele gram, -Roseburg Review, Coos - Bay Times, Canby News : and Herald ' and Idaho Farmer (Portland) have all left signatures during the week. There s still room in the press buildinsr" for a number of pictures, and as it is a splendid opportunity for publicity. I suggest that . the Commercial - club in stall a creditable picture of the city of roniana,: oiumoia oignway scenes would also be advisable. , , ' " Alfred Millard, a prominent banker of Omaha, who owns extensive prop erties in -Hood River valley. Is here tbis weeK. saving; come via the canal on - the s. & Northern . Pacific. Mr. Careful" and "Dependable By careful selection of fine and dependable woolens, I have made this store unique in "tailordom" in offering the biggest value in ".made to order" clothes at a price that! the average dresser can af ford to pay. v 9 Come in tomorrow. Hundreds i of ! Patterns " MnnF j TO ORDER Portland's Leading Tailor, Sixth & Stark Sis. X&m BALLr BEARING Kittfe Raised m,:. wim ARE SELF-SHARPENKXG THE GREAT AMERICAN U noted for its light-running and fine-cutting qualities, making; it the most popular -mower on the market. 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