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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 7, 1909. 11 MAYOR INSPECTS FIVE FIRE HOUSES Summons Chief and Auto and in Blinding Storm He Calls on Firemen. LITTLE COMPLAINT HEARD Department .Employes Ape Housed In Comfortable Quarters" and Only Complaint Is That the Night Watches Are Cold. Tn the blinding: snow storm late yester day afternoon, Mayor Simon made a trip of inspection to five West Side fire station-houses, lie was . accompanied by Klre Chief Campbell and Battalion Chief Totinfr. The Mayor summoned the chiefs without any advance information, and (cave no orders as to where he wished to (to until .the department automobile reached the City Hall. He then said he wished to he taken to the houses about which complaint hn recently been made. He spent an hour and a half, and found the men happy and contented, except that a few said it Is frequently cold when they have to stand their night watch of from two to four hours. "There Is a whole lot of humbug about this criticism that has been raised." de clared Mayor Simon, after Inspecting the five houses from top to bottom. "I fail to see where the men in either of the houses visited have any ground for com plaint: In fact, I do not believe they are the ones that are making the fuss. I talked with them and asked them If they are comfortable and the only complaint any of them made was as to the ccild nicht watches, but they do not have to stand all the time, as they are allowed to walk about and keep warm. If I were a fireman on duty in either of the houses we visited. I would not complain at my lot as far as the accommodations are concerned' Chief Summoned by Telephone. Mayor Simon called up Chief Campbell hy telephone yesterday morning and asked him to have the department auto mobile at the City Hall at 4 o'clock. He did not say why. as he wished to keep this matter secret, both as a matter of justice to himself and to tbe firemen. When the hour arrived the automobile was at hand. The Mayor then gave Chlet Campbell the first intimation of what was to occur. "There ha been considerable criticism of the condition of several of the fire stations on the West aide." said the Mayor to ' the chief. "1 want to visit these houses myself, to see what they look like on this, the most wintry night of the season."- Chief Campbell was manifestly sur prised that the Mayor should wish to make an inspection trip on such a day. when the snow was falling fast and the cold wind was whistling and swirling the snow In every direction. He said, how ever, that he was glad to have the Mayor go and see for himself the condi tions of all the housea. The party went first to First and Jef ferson streets, where they inspect Hose No. 3. From there they went to Hose and Chemical No. 1. at Second and Oak streets; thence to-Fourteenth and Glisan streets to Truck No. 4; from there to Twentieth and Qulmby, to see Hose No. 6. and from there to Engine No. 3, at Sixteenth and Washington streets. These houses are all old, and the worst by far of any in the department, but the men on duty In each place seemed content. In several Instances they were in their shirt sleeves, although the day was bit ter cold outside. Night AVatch Uncomfortable. At each of the station-houses. Mayor Kimon was introduced to the men by Chief Campbell and he took time to ask them If they were satisfied with their quarters. A few of them complained somewhat of the cold when they have to stand watch at night. The shifts are from two to four hours, it being neces sary to have one man on watch all the time. It Is the intention of Chief Camp bell to Install In each house heating apparatus, so that this complaint will be eliminated: it lias already been done In some of them. All of the houses visited are old. and have been or are now being renovated and repaired, firemen doing all. of the work. For Instance, at Second and Oak streets. Captain Nansen. of Engine No. 9. is doing carpenter .work until such time as he gets the house of Hose and Chem ical No. 1 fixed up so that it will be more comfortable. His regular station Is at Sunnyslde. Chief Campbell shifts the men around whenever' there is needed an expert for some special work In reno vating any of the houses. In this way, he explained to the Mayor, a great sav ing Is made for the city. As yet. the firemen have made no ap . 'peal to the Mayor for any changed con ditions. A petition, unsigned, was pre sented to the Mayor last week by a man who said he represented the firemen, but this petition - will receive very little at tention, ft any. Mayor Simon states that he Is in sympathy with the men in any thing they may wish to have to better their condition, especially where they make the requests themselves, but he has little patience, he states, with the criti cism that has been made at this time. MINISTERS TO INVESTIGATE I'ortland Factors Are Told Firemen's Quarters Are Very Had. The law and order committee of the Portland General Mnlsterlal Association will during the present month make an examination of the Juvenile Detention Home, against which criticism, said to have been "Inspired," has been directed by. two grand juries. The matter was brought to the attention of the ministers at their meeting in the T. M. C. A. build ing yesterday morning by Dr. - W. T. Kuster. of the Sunnyslde Methodist Church. The committee will also Investigate conditions now endured by members of the Portland Fire Department. Rev. R. Schwedler. of the Third Baptist Church, opening the discussion upon thle matter. Thomas Nugent, a delegate from the Central Labor Council of Portland, followed with a talk In which he told the ministers In plain . terms of unsanitary and necessarily un healthful conditions which he said fire men on duty here are obliged to endure. Rev. Mr. Schwedler was one of three appointed by the Baptist conference to visit the firehouses. He told of the 136 hours a week the men are obliged to work, and likened the men's sleeping quarters to Bowery lodging-houses. "I found three men sleeping in an apartment -absolutely without ventilntion, the stench from the stable below filling the room," he said. "When on watch the only means the men have of keeping "warm Is by wearing heavy coats." y Dr. William If. Foujkes, of the First Presbyterian Church, chairman of the Jaw and order committee, said laat night there Is no question but what a tempor ary auditorium for the 'Gypsy" Smith meetings will be erected. It would coat 12200. and would Seat 6000 to 7000. About 100 preachers and laymen will meet at noon. January 10, to discuss this propo sition. Rev. E. A. Smith, of Arleta, resigned as secretary of the association. Rev. Frank De Witt Flndley, of the First United Presbyterian Church, was appointed in his stead. 1L J. j Parkinson, a delegate from the Central Labor Council, asked the ministers to prevent Red Cposs stamps from being placed on goods rep resenting the sweatshop-labor, because he said the sweatshop stands for those things the Red Cross is trying to elimi nate. Fletcher Homan, president of Wil lamette University, read a paper . on "Christian Education." SANSBURY FUNERAL HELD 1-ast Rites Performed Following Death of Portland Young Woman. The funeral services of Miss Alice Hoge Sansbury were held yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Hoge, 731 Everett street. Miss Sansbury was one of the most prominent young women. in Portland, and her death, fol lowing a brief illness, came as a severe shock. The services were read by the Rev. Horace Ramsey, of St. Stephen's Episco pal Church. The body was cremated. For many years Miss Sansbury had par ticipated extensively in philanthropic work, and many a poor family in Port land has profited by her ministering hand. Her death was said to have been the re sult of exposure to which she was sub jected in delivering Thanksgiving baskets to needy families living in the suburlis. The pallbearers Were Dr. Otis Wight, J. Ernest Laidlaw, George Dekum, Sam uel Luders, George Gerlinger. Dr. George Marshall, Frank Branch Riley and Clar ence Gray. .... MOTHER CELINE IS DEAD Sister of McCabe Brothers, of Port land. Dies In Kant. News of the death of Venerable Mother Mary Celine of St. Mary's Institute at Quincy. 111., Tuesday, November 23. has been received here. Mother Celine was a sister of A. J. and George J. McCabe of the firm of McCabe Brothers, contractors, and of Mrs. George Villa of Portland. Together with other brothers, Joseph and William from Bos ton, they were summoned for the cere monies. The Venerable Mother was born at Mil waukee. Wis., July 15, 1864. When of age, she entered the mother house at Mil waukee, later spending a brief period at Marinette, Wis. Accompanied by five boarding scholars she entered St. Mary's Institute in 1880, remaining as a head teacher until 1904 when she was removed to St. Louis and placed at the head of St. Alphonsus School. August 31 of last year she was returned to Quincy as mother superior. DRYDOCK MATTER WAITS Question of Permanent Injunction Is Continued for Time. Argument on the application for a per manent injunction, restraining the Port of Portland from leasing the municipal drydock to private interests, has been continued pending the return from East ern Oregon of C. E. S. Wood, who ap pears as counsel for the port commis sioners. Mr. Wood le not expected homo for ten days. - In the meantime the commissioners are temporarily restrained from In any way disposing of the city's drydock. W. D. Wheelwright. J. C. Alnsworth and C. F. Adams, members of the (subcommittee appointed by the Port of Portland to in quire into the advisability of leasing the property, have not compiled a report for submission to the full commission. PERSONAL MENTION. "W. F. Ferney, of Seattle, is at' the Nor tonia. Dr. S. A. Grover, of Chicago, is at the Nortonia. James Bryden and wife, of Seattle, axe at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brown, of Med ford, are at the Cornelius. George N. Crossfleld, a merchant of Wasco, is at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rosenblatt left Sun day morning for the East. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sanborn, of Astoria, are at the Portland. W. W. Woodward, of Minneapolis, a. timber buyer,, is at the Perkins. Dean Blanchard, retired capitalist of -Rainier, is a guest of the Imperial. Dr. Gustav Baar left Saturday for tne East and expects to be back Janu ary 1. H. El Smith, employed In the First Na tional Sank of Eugene, end his wife are at the Seward. H. C. Atwell, president of the State Horticultural Society, is registered from Forest Grove, at the Oregon. - ; Mrs. Marion Mac Rae, formerly a Port land news writer, is registered at the Cornelius from Hood River. Judge R. R. Butler, of Condon, who has been to .Eugene to deliver a memorial address for the Elks, is at the Imperial. W. C; Alvord. . of . Redlands, Cal., a veteran baseball player of fhe old Na tional and American associations. Is at the Perkins. , A. W. Van Ness, a jeweler of San Fran cisco, is registered at the Portland. He Is a member of the family from whom Van Ness avenue, the popular thorough fare of San. Francisco, was named. NEW YORK. Dec. 6. Opecial.) People from the Northwest registered here today as follows: From Portland Dr. and Mrs. Creadick, E.- F. Fay. at the St. Denis; From Spokane W. C. Webb, at the St. Denis; W. Ogden, Mrs. Ogden, at the Park Avenue. From SeattleMis's Further, at the Wol cptt; E. M. Lewis and wife-, at ,the Algon quin. - From North Yakima W. B. Dudley, at the Navarre. From Ephrata, Wash. C. Smith, at the New Amsterdami- CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-(Special.)-Portland people registered at-Chicago hotels today as follows: Congress G. Sanborn. Lasalle Mr. and Mrs: Edgar' Hofert Nidford. ' Looking; One's Beat.1- . IV8 ax wo,nan's delight to look her ei.buf P'P??' B'n eruptions, sores and bolls rob life of joy. Listen' Buck len's Arnica Salve cures them- makes the skin soft and velvetv. It glorifies the face. Cures Pimples. Sore Eves Cold Sores. Cracked Lips, Chapped Hands. Try it. 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Penitentiary under the name Frank Johnson, was sen tenced to serve seven years in the Oregon Penitentiary by Presiding Circuit Judge Bronaugh yesterday afternoon. He had pleaded guilty to having stolen jewelry from the dwelling of A. B. Minaker. No vember 18. Detective Coleman informed the court as to Johnson's record, saying it was at one time necessary to place the bloodhounds on Johnson's trail in Salem, and that he had set fire to a house. Dick Million, who was arrested at the East Side depot, by Probation Officer Krum and Deputy Sheriff Constable, when he stepped off the second section of the California train yesterday morning, was arraigned In the afternoon, on two charges. He is alleged to have con tributed, on October 8. to the delinquency of Nellie Deard.orff and Elva Lent, both 37 years old. He will enter his plea at 2 P. M. Wednesday. He told the judge he desired two days in which to secure an attorney. He denied knowing the girl complainants. Judge Bronaugh informed him that was a part of his defense, that his plea is the first thing to be con sidered. . EJ. R. Steen. accused of assault and battery on Louisa Stoetzon, October 22, pleaded not guilty, and will be tried Jan uary 12. , Isaac Brunn pleaded not guilty to having sold liquor to Frank McCrura, 16 years- old. His case was set for trial January 13. A demurrer to the indict ment, interposed by Qua Moser, his at torney, was overruled. Crawford Griffen, a young man accused of stealing silverware from the store of J. C. Olds, will be tried January 11. He pleaded not guilty.' Antonio Cuvato says he is not guilty of having a.saulted Giachmed . Viscioni with a knife November 1. L. C. Plunkett was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on Catherine B. LInnemann October 14. He. will plead at 2 P. M. tomorrow. DECEMBER GRAND JURY DRAWN Deliberators ' to Assume Probing Duties Next Week. The Multnomah County grand jury for December was chosen before Presiding Judge Bronaugh in the Circuit Court yes terday morning. To secure seven quali fied citizens it was necessary to draw ten names from the box. After the jury had been selected. Judge Bronaugh ex cused them until December 16, when they win be charged by the court, and assume their duties. District Attorney Cameron said all matters requiring Investigation have been looked into. The deliberators are: Walter J. Ma comber, real estate, Lents; Thomas Jew ell, carpenter, 683 ' Borthwick street; F. T. 'Dick, merchant. '210 East Sixteenth street; A. M. Lawrence, machinist, 142 East 'Flanders street; Henry J. Schatz, clerks 199 Jessup street; F. E. McCurdy, manager, 288 Broadway; A. J. Stout, farmer. Gresham. P. Mlcholson was excused from grand Jury duty because he possesses first citi zenship papers only. He is a shoemaker living at Lents. F. Welch, a Holbrook farmer, had also failed to secure his sec ond citizenship papers, and was excused. A. McGraw, of 1098 East Twenty-seventh street, was drawn for the grand Jury, but told the Judge he is not a taxpayer, and was excused. Later he told Judge Bronaugh he did not understand the question, that he had been a heavy tax payer for 40 years, and now pays taxes on personal property but not on real es tate. It was then too late to place him on the grand Jury again, another having been drawn in his place. McGraw was then placed on the petit Jury. A. R. Nott, traffic manager for the United Railways, living at 822 Commer cial street, asked to be excused as the company's business would suffer If he did jury duty. His excuse was not accepted. H. R. Llnville. a plumber living at 928 East Everett street, must also do Jury duty, although he complained that this is the rush season for plumbers, and that frozen waterpipes sorely needed his attention. $5000 ASKED FOR LOST EYE Molten Iron Destroying Molder's Op tic, He Sues Employers. George Hlnkle's eye. -was put our by a deluge of molten iron on December 19, last vear. and to recover 5000 damages he Is suing the Portland Iron Works before a jury In Judge Gantenbein's department of the Circuit Court. The case went to trial yesterday morning. All the morning was passed securing the Jury, and a portion of the afternoon in viewing the premises of the company, at Fourteenth and Marshall strets. Hinkle was employed as cupola helper under Constantino Brill, cupola tender. It Is the custom In molding, says Hinkle, to draw the slag from the cupolas before dropping the bottom. But after using an extraordinarily large cupola he was directed, he says, to drop the bottom before the slag had been drawn. As a result the slag poured out, surrounding him with flames and gases, from which he could not escape because of heaps of molds and other articles piled about him. John H. Stevenson Is his attorney, while R. W. Wilbur and A. M. Dibble appear for the defendants. COOK . SUES FOR WAGES August Freyberg Seeks to Secure Salary Alleged to Be Due. For unpaid . wages claimed by August Freyberg. formerly cook on the German bark Wandsbek, which le at Astoria, preparatory - to sailing for the United Kingdom with a cargo of grain, the bark was libeled In the United States Court yesterday. ' Freyberg complains that he was hired to serve as cook on the Wandsbek while the latter was in Hamburg. February 20 of this year. He served in that capacity, he states, while the ship sailed from Hamburg -to Port San Rosalia, Lower California, and from the latter place to Portland. For his services Freyberg was to re serve $21.82 a month In American money. There is still due him for wages, lie claims, 69.29. August Kolnke, master of the Wands bek. Is blamed by Freyberg with fur nishing such poor food that several of the men took sick on the way. After the bark arrived in Portland, Freyberg and five other members ef the crew went ashore, and were arrested Warm pull down caps in all the new styles Corduroy and Scotch mixtures. No need to freeze when you can buy a good warm cap for 50 or 75. Warm Gloves and Mitts 50 and 75. Stormproof mufflers, LION CLOTHIERS 166-170 Third St. later on the charge of having deserted the vessel. After spending two nights and two days in Jail, Freyberg's compan ions were, taken back to the ship, but ho was dismissed from service without re ceiving the wages due him. If is Freyberg's contention that he was dismissed simply as an excuse on the part of the captain to keep from paying him the wages dueJ Machinery Bill Sued For. The Puget Sound Machinery Depot Is suing the University Lumber & Shingle Company before a jury in Judge Mor row's department of the Circuit Court. The University company was formerly the Olsen Lumber & Shingle Company. The' Puget Sound firm alleges It shipped the defendant $7714.75 worth of machin ery, on which $155.90 Is now due. The defendant alleges a dragsaw and brac kets for sawing, the shingles were de fective, and demands $9504.93 damages, George S. Shepherd is attorney for the defendants. FIX 39 BLOCKS, ITS GOAL Killingsworth Avenue Property Own ers AVould, Pave Two Miles. To make Killingsworth avenue the most Important street extending from the Wll lamette to the city limits is the ambi tion of property-owners east of Union avenue. The avenue has been Improved to Union avenue, and the property-owners have undertaken to have a hard-surface pavement laid from Union avenue to East Forty-third street, a distance of 33 blocks. or nearly two miles. 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