P. R., L I MO.
WOULD EVADE ITS
RESPONSIBILITY
' 1 ' t-. i
Should Voters . Pass Measures
Proposed Loss to People Will
, Reach $4,000,000. i
WOULD ESCAPE BRIDGE TQLL
Judge McGinn Welcomed by tfe
, sponsive Audience at Jefferson
High Wednesday Night, j
: Should the voters pass at the special
election tha meaafires proposed by; the
Portland Railway, Light & Power com
pany, tha county will1 be successfully
robbed ot $4,Oon,000 within the next 13
years, the natural life of the contract the
' company made ud has beenlivlng up
. to In the city forfclght years. And the
ancient and honor uble order of strap
hangers will pay the bill.
tvima and f.thpr hiirtdv nertinent facts
comprised' the lesson In . the wiles of
public utility management and allefff-d
. corrupt practices utven to a larxe audience-
at the Jefferson high aehool on
Wednesday evening by.Iudge Henry K.
McUlnn. Juape Mctii-nn naa an auoi
enoe nolldly with him in sentiment be
fore he had finished his exposition of
the political and moral hlsttory of the
car company and a petition to recall
the pwbto VervU-e commission for play
In Into the hands of the corporation
. was signeu iy iivucaii 1 ovc.jr vuict
' present.
Exploited -Public and Inventor
Asserting that tho car company; has
not only ef plotted the public, butj Us
Invemors Juries MclJiini told of thei po
litical (iold the company has, by means
of which It hopes to have its contract
, With tha city Bet aside by tne voters,
', and thui set out of its obligation to pay
bridge rfolU, live up to its f.-cent faro
v agreement and escape' etreet-repair costs
In the area of Its tracks. Tho juuKedia
' cussed t length the measures for and
" upon the, failure of the public service
h commission to live up to its duty to the
' public. - The Commission, . he said, has
been dictated to by the company, and
In fact, has always done the bidding ot
k bis Interests rattier than tba common
people.,' He iirged the Importance 01
overthrow Ins; the commission at the No
, vefnbcr election.
. From- a conditio.! of affairs that
caused tne comuany to order ltd oars
stoplied In he center of a block to pick
up a pnM.'ienKer, In the days aof Jitney
' competition, the. condition that t.rlnfT
about the hauline of 150 passencers in
A oar whone capacity is 34, has been ht
career of the company. Judse .McGinn
. ald. But during 'jitney days the com
pany's spite m fallen out on the auto
mobiles by jamming thein .whenever pos
sible, and upon one or more occasions
canning Injury to passengers In automo-
M , , " r - "
" J"' Jitney Benefited Service
we never no ducn rbuu bi vice irura
the car company as when, the jitney
I ; wan mnntni' opposition -to. tt.- and v
I never jrm :,- again intil the people of
Portland show : he corporation that they
'. ore tta court of final appeal. A pre
mium to "the man who ever heard of the
company dotnK a favor for anyone but
iia owners in I'niiaaeipma. Ana ranK-a
' lin T. Griffith Is fofcsed to do their bid-
dine: or lose his 2j,000 a year salary.
Of coure he does as he l.i told."'
Allegations that the P. It.. L. & P. Co.
paid .the election expenses of Mayor
. (Jeovge I.. Baker pnd Commissioner
.IaIiii 1 u .it, U0IA roitorotorl hv T 11H ira
McGinn, who asserted that these Offi
cials have not filed statements of cam-
pa lorn expenses as required by law. He
1 also charged that the company Is the
arch-enemy of organized labor, thwart
Ins; the unionizing of Its employes by
discharging evjry man who talked or
ganisation, unty, in the face of neces
sity through the Jitney ailment that af
fected it, the company aided In a make'
shift union. : , ' '
While the present advocates of suit
able legislation 10 permit the jitney to
resume operation wore holding up their
campaign and turning all efforts ! to
ward tha Liberty loan sale, the car com
pany, Judgs McGinn declared, used j the
time as opportune to circulate its i Jit
ney strangulation measure, whereby the
jitney will be. an impossibility, should
the measure pass.
The jitney strangulation' bill, provid
ing, bondo, routes, !hour3 .and transfers,
la the child of the corporation, while the
real Jitney measure is designed to re
duce and make practicable the bonding
requirement on the part of the Jitney
owner, the speakef said. After an 'ex
planation of the( measures, for' and
against the company. Judge McGinn se
cured the practical assurance that hU
entire audience' will vote as he' suggest
ed on May 17 101. Ao, 116 Yes; 119 No.
Sugar Allowance
Ample for Cream
Food Administration Announces That
Manufacturers Will Sot Be Restricted
at Present In .Production.
Manufacturers of ice-cream will not be
restricted in the use of sugar until fur
ther notice, according to a bulletin is
sued by W. IC. Newell, assistant food ad
ministrator of Oregon.
"The removal of this restriction should
enable manufacturers to be 'a large fac
tor in the absorption of milk during
the flush neas)n,"; says the announce
ment. "On account, of sherbets- and water
ices - requiring such large amounts of
sugar, their production should be ab
solutely suspended, but if any manufac
turer insists on making them he will
be restricted to 80 per cent," of his last
year's consumption of sugar in his en
tire output ; of ICe cream, sherbets and
wate; ices. ?
"As far as; possible, manufacturers
should, substitute .honey, in place of su
gar, to as great an extent as their busi
ness will permit.
"Ice cream being a healthful and val
uable food product, it is not. the desire
to limit its consumption unnecessarily."
Musical Club Work
Is Convention Topic
Understanding of Laws and Principles
Underlying Order, Harmony and
' Beauty ver So tire at, Women Told.
Hot Springs. Ark., May 2. U. P.)
"Never was there such an understand
ing of the laws and principles .underly
ing order, narmony and beauty as
now," declared Dudley Crafts Watson
of Milwaukee, in an address before
the General Federation of . Ifomen's
clubs today.
Today's session was given over largely
to reading of reports of departments
and the . home economics, music -and
education conferences.
Mrs. David Allen. Campbell of New
York; spoke on the work of musical
clubs in America. J. Iawrence Erb
spoke on the "Musical Awakening of
Today." r
In speaking of music In education
Frances Klllott Clark of Rochester, N.
Y., declared that, community singing
In the national cantonments had brought
back music to Its own as a vital force
in national life.
NURS
E TESTIFIES SHE ,
FOUND MRS; FARRELL
LIVING AMID FILTH
Mrs. Minnie Eastman Says All
There . Was in House to Eat
Was Bit of Gingerbread.
.That' she found Mrs. Anna Eliza Far
rell. whose will Is now being contested,
living -under conditions oflndescribable
filth when she went to care for, her as
a nurse was the . testimony offered In
the contest case this morning by Mrs.
Mlhnfe Eastman. on tho witness stand
In the county court.
She said she was employed by Arthur
I. Moulton, Mrs. Farrell's attorney, to
go to Mrs. Farrell's house and care for
her. When she arrived, she found
nothing in the house to eat but a piece
of gingerbread which her neice, Mrs.
Yeon, had brought to her. Mrs. Far
rell had not had a bath for 4 year, Mrs.
Eastman said.
Under cross examination she admit
ted having telephoned Moulton regard
ing Mrs. Farrell's condition, and re
ceived instructions from him ; to buy
what provisions' were necessary and to
give-her patient all proper-care.
Mrs. S. S. Shoemaker was the next
witness called by Attorney Olsen, who.
on behalf of Mrs. Farrell's brother and
two of his sisters. Is seeking to break
the will on : the ground that she was
mentally and physically incompetent to
execute a legal will and only did so un
der undue pressure and coercion exert-
ed by Mrs. John B. Yeon, her niece,- to
whom she willed the "bulk of her prop
Mrs. Shoemaker said she had known
Mrs. Farrell a number of years previ
ously when she lived near her in Wood-
lawn. Then, she said, Mrs. Farrell was
painfully clean. She went to see, her. In
March, 1914, a .couple of months before
her will was executed, and found Mrs.
Farrell's living conditions beyond de
scription. The slums of a large city
only, she said, could furnish a parallel
case as to dirt and filth.
Under cross examination, the wit
ness admitted she ha 1 been disappoint
ed In the matter of a legacy promised
by Mrs. Farrell, who had told her that
if she would name a daughter after her
she (Mrs. Farrell) would 'will her a
piano.
Mrs. Shoemaker did not get the piano.
she said. '
gave her ; for" this, 'ha'aaym,' and per ;
suaded her to Join him at Fortress
Monroe, Va., where .he was stationed.
nnuv uifrv, 11c aiieKVB, one ivtsvo wu .
to New York without hla consent, leav- .
Ing no address. -I
' Elinor Lance charges ' drunkenness .
and desertion in her suit for divorce p
against Dennla A. Lance. They were I
married in Portland May L 1911. He
left her in April two years later, she !
complains. . '
That he threw a chair at her In Poca-
tello and beat her up later when they ;
moved to Portland are two of the acts
DAUGHTER AND HER
MOTHER DIE ON SAM
E
DAY MILES APART
moved to .Portland are two 01 me acis i w i . r- U on Dn...n
of cruelty set forth In the divorce suit Mrs. Veda fOrDeS, ZU, raSSeS
in Portland and Mrs. Hamlin,
43, Dies in Astoria.
of Martha P. Cahill begun Wednesday'
against William J. Cahill. He has $50 ;
stowed away in a safe deposit box, ?he 1
alleges further. She asks for a re-
straining order from the court to pre
vent him from taking this pending the
determination of her suit against him.
She also asks $10 per month alimony
and for $150 attorney fees.
ome "months ago when lie went" Into
business with a brother. He tas .for
a number of years a salesman lor
the Blake-McFall company of Port
land. , Mra. OLoane was a former
Walla Walla girl and came here as
a bride. She made many warm friends
in Portland.
SON'S . FAIL TO SUPPORT MOTHEK
Mrs. Mary Miller filed an affidavit
with the board of county commissioners
Wednesday stating that her mother.
Mrs. Ella Cox, was likely to become a
Mrs. Veda Forbes dies Monday at the
Good Samaritan hospital from pneu
monia. The same day her mother, Mrs.
Susa Hamlin, died in Astoria. Neither
was aware that the other 1 was sick. A
double funeral will be held Friday at the
Miller & Tracey hapel, Ella and Wash
ington streets. Rev. W. S. McCullagh of
ficiating, and final services will be in
Lone Fir cemetery. 'Mrs. Hamlin was
43 and her daughter 20 years of age.
' Andrew Splidsboel
" The funeral of Andrew Splidsboel will
be held Friday at the chapel of Miller St
Tracey. Ella and Washington streets,
at t p. m. Final service will be
at Lone Fir cemetery. Mr. Splidsboel
was a native of Denmark, age 62, and
had resided in Portland for SO years.
For a number of years he engaged in
the grocery business at 668 Upshur
street. Two sons and a daughter survive.
o'clock land it wilt be devoted in part
to a consideration of the two Initiative
measures proposing to abolish the ad
vertising of delinquent taxes, and fix
ing compensation for the publication of
legal notices. All candidates for office
In the state or county are cordially in
vited to be present, and each will be
charge on the county unless her two Mrs. Hamlin is survived by her husband.
sons who were ordered by the board re
cently to pay her $7.50 a month each
were made to pay.
Jud Hamlin, and two daughters, and
Mrs. Forbes by her husband, Marion
Forbes, and her father and two sisters.
OV. i .1 . 1 .1 V. . J ... i-uiirco, aim "i lauiu
".T"ZI Mrs. Forbes was born In Colorado and
pico.i ucivie Lite uumu aiiu biiuw uiuk
why they should not pay. The citation
was given to Sheriff Hurlburt to serve
and another hearing will be had at the
board meeting Friday morning.
Mother Guardian for Son
had resided in Oregon for several years.
Randal P. Burns
The funeral of Randal P. Burns will
be held at Rainier Saturday morning.
He was' 72 years of age, a native of St.
Johns, N.' B., and had resided in Ore
gon Tor the past 50 years. Mr. Burns
died in. Portland Tuesday and Is sur
vived by 10 children and' a number of
erandchildren. He was one of the old
est farmers in that section of Oregon
and was well known and honored by his
many friends and neighbors. Dunning
& McEntee of this "city have, charge of
arrangements.
ILfi-a Plnrcna A TCrrtwn vi' a 1 ft TV
pointed guardian of her 18-year-old son, i hemorrhage
Kirs. JIattie Beard Jrnne
Mrs. -Mattle Beard Jenne died Wed
nesday at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Mary E. Hammond, 31 East Seventy-
ninth street, ' from a sudden cerebral
She was In her seventieth
SAYS FRIEND ALIENATED WIFE
Lloyd Brown, by County Judge Taz-
well this morning. The young man. the
mother's petition set fortfi, has joined the
navy and had received oilers to leave
for hisstation tonight. The purpose
of the guardianship, it was explained,
was to protect the. Interests of the young
man In a legacy bequeathed to him by
his father who died recently. , t
year and was a native of West Vir
ginia. Mrs. Jenne is survived by Iter
husband, E. S. Jenne, a pioneer of
1853. and one son. Corporal W. F.
Jenne. with the L. S. engineers in
France. Two sisters are Mrs. Mary
Hammond and Mrs. P. P. Jenne
of this- city. Two brothers are T. P.
and William Beard of . Parkersburg,
Va. Funeral arrangements are in
charge of the Holman company. Third
and Salmon streets.
Denied Release From Jali
William MacFarland, held in jail here,
on. a warrant' from Ohio charging non-
Buppori, was aeniea nis release irom I Fllaheth I nmlwrf
beas corpus proceedings Wednesday.! Mrs. Elizabeth Lambert died Wednes
McFarland claimed that he was unlaw- in thi cltv. at tn aR of '6. She
fully detained here by Timothy Long. ' af native of Pennsylvania and had
an officer from Ohio, declaring that rtsid l Oregon for nine years. Mrs.
Long abducted him in Seattle while ha- Lambert is survived by her husband,
beas coraus proceedings were nendintr George Lambert, and a son, Frank W.
there 011 his behalf.
Sewer Workers to
Be Paid $4 Per Day
The city council has authorized the
payment of $4-a day for sewer workers,
so the department of public works may
be able to replace the 12 men who last
week went out .on strike for increased
wages. The men were paid $3.50 and
sought $5 a day. This request was. de
nied by Commissioner Barbur and the
men refused, to come back to work. The
city was unable to secure men for emer
gency sewer ' work at the old
scale. Commissioner Barbur announced
Wednesday that he could secure a crew
at $4 a day wage.
Frank Donison Sues R. A. Brown for
$50,000 Damages.
Frank Donison began suit in the cir
cuit court this morning demanding $30,
000 damages from Jt. A. Brown for the
alienation of the affections of Carrie
May Donison, the plaintiffs wife.
He alleges that Brown was a warm
friend and was welcome at his home at
all times. From the spring of 1909 to
September 25, 1917. Brown, so the plaint
iff alleges, succeeded in winning his
wife away from him.
lAt the same time the complaint was
filed, the divorce suit of Mrs. Do.iison
against her husband was set for trial
before Circuit Judge Gantenbein.
Mrs. Donison charges cruel nnd inhuman-
treatment- testimony was of
fered In court, the parties being engaged
in an effort to settle the matter.
PREMIER ARTIST TO
APPEAR IN SPECIAL
COURT NUMBER
Lambert, both of Portland. Funeral ar-
McEntee.
CITY
Mrs. Krnnelh O'Loane
Messages of sympathy are finding
their way to the family and friendd
; of Mrs. Kenneth O'Loane, whose deatn
I Sunday at Vancouver, B. C. came as
a great shock. Mr. O'Loane and hU
family removed to Vancouver, B. C,
given an equal opportunity to ex press
"him or herself as time permits. A large
attendance of members la expected, and
the public U Invited for the afternoon,
session. Evening Star grange owns Its
hall, -and site on Division and East
Eightieth' - street a The vMountf Tabor -cars
run within a few blocks ot the .
ball. ' . ' '. i
I.
Mrs. Winefred Burdett King
The late Mrs. Winefred Burdett King
was one of the oldest residents of Mon
tavilla. She Came there in 1901, and I
with her husband, the late F. R. Bur
dett, conducted a store on .the Base
Line road. She was a member of Mon
tavilla circle. Neighbors of Woodcraft,
and William McKinley Women's Relief
Corps. Mrs. King is survived by her
husband. H. C. King, an adopted daugh
ter, a brother, John Cavanaugh, and
several nieces and nephews.
Grange to Receive
Candidate Saturday
The session of Evening Star grange
Saturday will be of interest to many.
In the morning session, beginning at
10:30. the third and fourth degree work
will be put on with a class of candi
dates and the degree team. J. J. John
son, master of the grange, will preside.
At noon there will be a lunch, served.
Thw afternoon session will begin at 2
Old Feet Made New
One Pleoe Method Abtolutelr PalntoM
DR. DASSLER
SURGEON CHIROPODIST
"Vun af Kipwtono" Marshall 170s
411 DIKUM BLDQ.. THIRD and WASH.
Open Till 6:30 f,
7
TheCble
ero- Eight
SO automatic i the control o the
Cole Aero-Eight that one hat the
feeling of being a part of the splendid
mechanism -when one take the wheel."
The long, accurately located, easily
operated control and brake levers are
just where one wants them.
Foot pedals fit every requirement in
dividually. The accelerater foot rest
is just right for comfort and safety.
The instrument board is so arranged
and illuminated that all instruments
are in full view at ajl times.
Driving the. Aero-Eight becomes
second nature after, the first spin. For
the feminine motorist it is ideal.
Northwest Auto Company
r. W. Vf lr. rVet-Xs O
roaaway at Couch U
M. Manila, Manager
rartlan. Or.
COLE MOTOR CAX COMPANY.
INDIANAPOLIS. U. S. X.
Better Business Bureau of Ad
Club Gathered Evidence for
Prosecution of Dancer.
SUITS FILED IN DIVORCE COURT
Ensign McDonald Seeks Separation
' Elinor Lance Charges Drunkenness.
Ensign S. B. McDonald of the United
States navy asks for a divorce from
Elsie M. McDonald, married in Portland
last November. In his complaint with
the County clerk Wednesday he alleges
that when" he was ordered on active
service he 'provided a comfortable home
for her and obtained her promise to stay
there.. This she did only for three
weeks when she went to different hotels
and misbehaved, he alleges. He for-
Clothes
$18.00
$20.00
$22.50
Clothes
YOU men who
want clothes at
either of these three
prices want a full
dollar's worthy of in
'tegrity style and
-service for every dol
lar you pay.
The clothes I offer at
. these three prices can't be
outmatched anywhere at
.the! prices. They'll please
-you, men -1 guarantee
it, and my guaranty
;, means money-back.
'Shown on Third Floor
Take .the Elevator. .
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s
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11.
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Soon after he had dressed himself m
garments that would warrant his safe
escort through the streets, following his
exhibition of "the life and after life of
the ancient Egyptians" at the Helig
theatre Wednesday evening, Ivan de
Marcel, alleged "premier artist of the
rfmpeiTal Russian" ballet,", and "Russia's
supreme dancing star," found "himself
In the toils of tike law, with Patrol
men Coulter and Tully Its executors, on
charges of fraudulent advertising.
Though Marcel ia nothing short of a
Pavlowa in distress, washed upon the
cruel shores of West Yamhill street as
a dancing teacher to aesthetic Portland
children and womer, and though' he
espouses Russian nativity, the premier
star cannot speak his native language ;
neither is he a French linguist, al
though he claims Parisian residence,
says the Portland Ad club, which caused
the artist's arrest. The arrest, by
Fate's irony, came just after his show
ing of "Le Ballet Egyptien," pre
sented with pupils.
Marcel is charged with advertising
himself as all sorts of stars and with
using copyrighted pictures of other
dancers in his advertising.
Languished Several Hoars j
After hla arrest Marcel spent several
hours in the city jail before friends
posted $100 ball for his release ' until
Tuesday, when he will be tried in mu
nicipal court before Judge Rossman.
His attorney, A. Walter Wolf, said to
day: i
"Mons4eur Marcel - is really a man of
great ability and he is being persecuted
by jealous enemies who are using the j
Ad club to accomplish their purpose."
Wolf and Marcel, escorted by about
10 pupils, appeared in Judge Rossman's
court this morning to have the case
against him set for trial.
In the complaint It is charged that
on December 30 Marcel published In
Portland papers a picture of "Mile.
Statkiewtcz and Monsieur Marcel in
Tschaikowsky's 'La Princess En'
chantee,' " as an. advertisement. Charles
W. English, secretary of the Better
Business bureau of the club, says the
picture is that' of Lydia Sokolovaand
Nicholas Kremneff of the Metropolitan
ballet of New York and is probably
copyrighted. '
Ready Reference Misleading ' !
For proof that the exponent of the '
"life and after life of ancient Egypt"
actually placed girls on the Orpheum '
circuit Marcel had referred inquirers to 1
Mr. Baayer, manager of the Russian
dancers. Orpheum theatre, San Fran
cisco. Frank McGettigan, local Or-,
pheum manager, told the Ad club that
this company has no such person' on Its
staff. ' ;
But the Ad club caps the climax to
the claims ot a footlight career of : the
"premierk artist" when it asserts that
Marcel haa confessed that he had never J
been on a public stage until he ap-'
peared af a Portland theatre recently.
He possesses a medal inscribed. "Ivan j
Marcel, prix de honneur, 'Maitre, de Bal- t
let. Paris Salon, 1914." and is said to
have confessed it to be the product of ,
a New York manufacturer. j
"Marcel has a failing for utilizing
copyrighted pictures of famous dancers
over his owiiname- and for lifting his
advertisements from the society pages
of newspapers and displaying' them in
other advertisements as editorial write
ups," the Better Business bureau de
clares.
SUITS
COATS :
DRESSES
MILLINERY
BLOUSES
SPORT TOGS
Blouses! Hundreds of Them
Splendid $5.95-$6.50 Values rf
Priced for a Big Sale Event
$3.95
Look at the pictures. Have you ever seen blouses
anywhere, even at $5.95 and $6J50 that will com
pare with them? They're far and away the most
remarkable blouse values we've ever offered!
There are many styles of crepe de chines and Georgettes,
and they're in flesh, white and grey tones, as well as navy.
Sale Friday and Saturday only we doubt if 'they'll last an
day Saturday. Many women will buy three and four, or more.
Mam Floor -Emporium.
art
Logging Equipment
Data Is Requested
.Loggers owning equipment available
for getting spruce timber for airplanes
from spruce stumpage are asked by
Colonel Brice P. Disque to communicate
with the logging section of the signal
corps hi the Yeon building.
Information desired by the logging di
vision Is : Exact size and amount .of
equipment ; -locality rof equipment ; when
it can be put to work ; locality of op
eratlon desired. If known.
$25 and$27.50 Suits-the Smart
est, Most Attractive in Town
The Emporium specializes i n Suits at popular
prices, and "well may we be proud of our stocks,
for every onje who sees them exclaims happily at
their extraordinariness. Plan to see thejn.
2nd Floor Emporium.
Coats Just Arrived $25
'They're scarcely out of their boxes, and they're ail
clever as can be. Velours, poplins, in Pekin and
navy Slues, preys and tan tones. Big values!
DRESS SKIRTS are here, almost without end
Silks and wools of every hue and style one can con
jure up. $5.85 to 925. ;
2bc! Floor Emporium.
Banded White Union Milan Hats
Will Cause a Big Stir at........
w7 --T---
The very kind of tailored hats you've been wanting
and looking for, and think! it's priced but $5 that's
'way, 'way less than you had expected to pay!
All white, and in sixteen- different -styles "ranging from tiny poke
effects thru-many versions of medium shapes 'fo big, straight brims.
Any number of them have double brims! " They're all banded with
white grosgrain, finished with novel bows. '
YouH -FUi Thorn on tho' 3d Floor Emporism.