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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1910)
.BEDDING SET AFIRE in the number of people who desire to see what the Association Is doing and arrangements are being made to take car of all of them. The day classes of the educational department have al ready opened, the physical department begins its work Monday and. the night educational classes September 26. The public Is showing much Interest In thi work of both these departments as well as In the' religious and social ac tivities. The entertainment committee Is to consist of 14 members who are vol unteering for this service. Four mem bers, wearing badges, will be on hand every night, except Sunday, to welcomo strangers and show them through tlia building. In the past the various Y. M. C. A. secretaries have attended to this work, but It has taken considerable time from their other duties. IS SCHOOL GIRLS' SOUVENIR DAY Every girl will be presented with a. Useful Souvenir Friday and Saturday. Everybody is Invited Coroner's Jury Calls Municipal Persistent Attempts Made to Burn Lodging-Houses. Body "Negligent." In order to inaugurate our Economy Department, we place on sale five styles of children's andCEj j Q misses' Felt Hats trimmed with silk sashes and velvet in all colors; regular $2.50 value H MOTIVE WHOLLY LACKING FENDER ORDINANCE NEED Grand Jury Asked to Investigate Rlnw. BHtrvril lo Be Incendiary Caae 810.000 Ixs to Brick t riant Man With Burned Heel Is Arrotcd. SEA SERPENT YARN DENIED "Story Exaggerated, It Waa a Frog," Says Dr. W. L. Wood. Death of Brewery Employe Killed by Streetcar District At torney Gives Opinion. COUNCIL SCORED A third attempt to set fir to Vorth End lodlm-house by Igniting e bedding; In a rented room wss re rorf4 to the polio Wednesday nlfht. and fhe authorities are completely mys tified by the frequency of the attempts and the- apparent lark of motive. ttre was discovered in room 20 of the Dewey House. Third and Burnslde streets, at 1:30 yesterday mo ml n a". It was extinguished after thn mattress and beddlns; had been destroyed. A similar fire was discovered an hour be fore in room 10$ at the same place. The mattress was blaslns- when the mom was entered. Neither room waa o.-rupied for the nlxht and the pro prietor and employes of the place can Ktve no explanation of the manner In which the flrea started. A similar attempt waa reported from the I'hilllpa Hotel. Ktfth and Burnslde treets. Saturday nlKht. In that case two men registered and occupied the room. About I o'clock In the morning one of them was seen to lesve hur ricdlv and the proprietor, his suspicions aroused, hastened to the room and found the bedding- ahlaxe. It la thought that someone demented Is setting the fires. Another fire of supposed Incendiary orlain caused the destruction of an name room and warehouse at the brl. k plant of Jensen A Son. Kast t'orly-thlrd and Weldler streets. Wed nesday nlK-ht. with a loss estimated at HO.onO and no Insurance. I .ark of firepluaa In the vicinity rendered the fire department powerless. The sur rounding bulldlnKS were saved by bucket brigades from the neighborhood. Mrs. Jensen, wife of the owner, heard the voices of men comlna" from t!ie vicinity of the warehouse. Just before the outbreak of the fire. The blaze started in a bedroom on the sec ond story, which waa unoccupied, so far as known, at the time. Shortly after the fire, Tatrolman Tost cauR-ht Floyd Mitchell, a tramp. In the vicinity. Mitchell cou'd give ro explanation of his presence. lie bad a burn on Ms heel and another on his hand. He waa carrying a woman's coat, of old style, and said that he had found It. He was sentenced to five days' Imprisonment on a vanrancy charge and a further investigation will be made. GIRLS TO BE ARRESTED Folic Ordered to Mop Ixillerlnjr at Automobile Sland.. Young girls who hang about the pub-lii- automobile stands at all hours of the day and night are to hear bad news In the near future. If they do not stay at home and eschew the society of the chauffeur and the night Joyrider. In structions have been given to patrol men on downtown beats to keep a watchful eye on this class, and turn over to the Juvenile Court or other proper authority the young female rounders. It Is reported that a large number of young girls, many with good homes, tpend much of their time loitering In company with chauffeurs, and become easy victims to the lures of late-night patrons of the vehicles. r'lora Wilkinson, alias Dottle De lsney. was taken Into custody by Ta trolmen Montgomery and Chafer at Sixth and Stark atreets. lata Wednes iUr night, after she had been seen loitering for some time about the stands. The girl gave two names and two addresses, first saying that she lived In room 12 at the Butler rooming-house, and later that her lodging was room tS at the Madras Hotel. She Is only 17 years old. She had been tnken to the station by Sergeant Goltz on a previous occasion and had been dismissed with a warning. She was S'-rompanled by Clarence Mulholland. chauffeur, of 34T East Glisan street when arrested. She waa turned over to the Young Women's Christian Associa tion. COX INVOKES ORDINANCE llrMaurant Proprietor Arrested for Admitting Disorderly Woman. F.. J. Falk. one of the proprietors of the Quell restaurant, was arrested yester day morning by Sergeant Riley, upon I complaint sworn to by Chief of Police l Ox. charging him with allowing a dis orderly woman to visit his place. Falk gave bond, his hearing going over. The arrest arose from a robbery al leged to have been committed by Beatrice Adams upon D. M. O'Connell. of Win lock. Wash.. In the Quelle rooming-house, over the restaurant, several days ago. The woman met O I onnell In the reslau ran. It is charged that she stole JI0 from him. It Is the contention of the prosecution that the character of the woman was well knuftvn and that the restaurant pro prietor la accountable for her presence in his place. Chief of Police Cox a pounced his intention of proceeding against the proprietor of any place of public resort where a esse of the kind occurs. -The action Is based upon a city ordinance which declares disorderly any house where such women are al lowed tn he. and fixes a penalty of from T to Il fine and fro 10 to 40 days imprisonment. Best rice Adams was arraigned In Police Court yesterday on the larceny charge, but her oase was continued, with cash bail fixed at Vb. VISITORS TO BE GREETED Special Committee Will Welcome Strangers at Y. M. C. A. Special attention will be paid by the Toung Men's Christian Association this TVlnter to welcoming strangers who visit the Association building. Through the efforts of R. R. Perkins, religious and social secretary", and J. W. Palmer. Ma assistant, a committee is being named, several members of which will be on hand each evening to show stran gers through the building and explain the work of the organization. Every day there are many visitors at the Y. M. C. A. building. Scores of local people drop In during the course of a week, but the majority are stran gers. Now that the Kail work Is open ing up there will be a large increase When Dr. W. U. Wood and R. R. Lamson returned from a hunting and fishing trip In Southern Oregon yes terday they learned by publication that they had experienced a thrilling en counter with a monster ea serpent in Grilling the City Council for failln to nrovlde an ordinance rcgardin streetcar fenders which will safeguard the public and suggesting that th present grand Jury sift tne evioence i MULTNOMAH COUNTY REGISTRATION IS NOW 31,484. Multnomah County's registration Is now well along towards 32.000, there being 11,484 names on the books when the registration booth closed for the night at o'clock yesterday. The books will close at 6 P. M. September 14 tnext Wednesday), and all who do not register by that time will be obliged to secure six freeholders to swear in their votes If they wish to vote at the primary election. September 24. The registration booth at the Courthouse is being kept open every night until o'clock by County Clerk Fields. At the last Legislature the date of the primary election, as well as the general election, waa changed from the Spring to the Fall and the time In which to register la longer by several days this year. The registration this year, as shown by the books last night, com pared with that at the ssme time two years ago. was as follows: .1910 Republicans 24. ITS. Democrats 4.190, miscellaneous 2616; total 31,4l. ijor Republicans 24.622, Democrats 624S. miscellaneous 1563: totel 31.431. The registration yesterday was: Republicans 412, Demo-, crats 21, miscellaneous 19: total 45J. On the corresponding day In 190. which was the last the books were open , the figures were: Republicans 1051. Democrats 182, mlecellaneoua 46; total 1279. the waters of Lake Crescent. The story is that they took 25 shots at the monster, none of which even caused the sea serpent to wink one of "his big round eyes." big "as a silver dol lar." Dr. Wood was asked to recount the exciting Incident with the great land locked monster, supposed to have been caught in the upheaval In prehistoric times and separated from all of Its relations, and whose history goes back to the beginning of Indian tradition. Clearing hia throat, the doctor said: "There la a slight error In the re port. I shot at a frog several times Instead of a sea serpent. There Is an old log out In the lake that Is fastened down in some peculiar manner so that one end of It bobs up now and then. It would take a big stretch of Imag ination to convert it Into a sea ser pent. When I ahot at the frog our driver said he proposed to telj a bar ber In Eugene that we shot at 'the sea serpent.' Evidently he did." PINCHOT AS EXHIBIT ONE He Is Hailed as the Only Forest-Fire lUtlnguisher. EVOENK. Or.. Sept. 7 (To the Editor.) The whole metter Is finslly settled ana the education of the people of Oregon and the other Western States Is finally com pleted. Glfford Plnchot has spoVen and forest fires will, of course, be no longer In evidence. The way to prevent forest fires Is to -extinguish them when they first start." Evidently no one except Mr. pin- rhot had ever thought of this. "They are Just like fires in the cities and are to be Handled in tne same way.- The only reason we suffered rrom tne Immense and destructive forest fires this past Summer la because some western sen ators and Congressmen so hindered Mr. flnrhnt that he could not dash. In with a bucket of, water and put out each one of the flrea when It waa an infant. It Is true that sll of the heavily timbered states of the east have cleared up their Isnd end doited them with farms, homes. schoolhouses. churches, factories, etc.. and that under such tactics Wisconsin. Ohio, Michigan and other states have become rich, powerful and prosperous, but we must bear It In mind that those benighted people had no one but the Almighty to counsel thsm. It Is their misfortune that Mr. l'ln chot was still a dim, uncertain potentiality of the future. It was not to be expected that the Almighty would succeed In making this very much of a world without the ad vice and assistance of Mr. Plnchot. Did Mr. Plnchot ever hear of the man who aent 1 100 to a commission man in i-hiraeo with Instructions to Invest It In wheat and hold It until wheat Just began to down and then send him the profits? The commmlssion man wrote hack that he had been trying to do that thing for the past ten years and was now borrowing monev lo oar his house rent. In view of the well-known fsct that the people who own timber in the West always carry a pair of old-fashioned bellows with them and nurse a forest firs until It reaches orooer Dorttons to make possible a good. healthy, enjoyable fight, that etorr does not have any application to Mr. Plnchot's plan for putting out the fires "when the first start." Our smarting, smoke-dimmed eyes are now so clear that - we have a propneiic vision of Mr. Plnchot next Rummer, striding aver the mountains with his head up. eyes eleamina with determination, head filled with unthought-of Information, a bucket of mater In one hand, a squirt gun In tne eiher. the tails of his swallow-tailed coat streaming In the breese marching over the mountains quenching with ruthless hand every forest fire -wnere it first starts. J. Y. LAFTIN, PIONEER RESIDENT DEAD William Camehl Worked on Old Buildings in Portland. WIIONVILiJ. Or., Sept. . (Special.) William Camehl. aged 3 years, died at hts farm, one mile south of Molloy, re cently, from old sge. Mr. Camehl was born In Gomson. Province of Hanover, Germany. July 8. 127. and came to America at the age of 27. In 1867 he married Miss Elisabeth Lehr. He settled in St. Petera. Minn.. In 1857 and In lC crocked the continent to Portland. lie worked as stonemsson and carpenter on aome of the now historic buildings of the city. He returned to Minnesota in ISM. where he remained until 1S90. when with his family he moved to Oregon, locating on a farm near Wllsonville. He leaven a widow, three sons and one laughter. Mrs. Theodore C. Wendland. of Portland. He waa buried In Pleasant Hill Cemetery, services being conducted by Rev. Mr. Coleman, of Sherwood. ORCHARD LANDS ARE SOLD 600 Acres at Fargo Will Be Divided Into Small Tracts. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 8. (Special.) Purchase of $100,000 worth of orchard lands at Fargo, a new atatlon on the Oregon Electric, near Donald. In this county, became known today. The Fargo Orchard Company bought of E. F. Sharp. 140.000 worth of property and Invested $60,000 with C. A. Baker. It Is understood that 600 acres will be developed, and divided Into small tracts. This Is one of the largest individual orchard deals ever recorded In Marlon County. the present case and enforce needed legislation, the Coroner s Jury invest! gating the death of George Lechmeler. an elderly brewery employe killed by a car at East Fifteenth and Ankeny atreets Monday, returned its verdict yesterday. "We find the Council the City of Portland extremely negll gent." reads the verdict. The evidence showed that Lechmeler, apparently dazed, started to cross' the track In front of the car and then stopped directly between the rails. A deputy from the District Attor ney's office was present at the Inques and was called upon to furnish th Jury with the law In. the case and the history of Its enactment. L'pon Ills statements the above finding was based. The Jurors were W. F. Brown. J. O, McCabe. John C. Rltter, Charles R Price. P. C. Bowen and R. H. McArthur. District Attorney Cameron was in formed of the verdict of the Jury and was asked what action. If any. he In tended to take In the matter. Mr. Cameron, In reply, referred to the stat ute of 1903 governing fenders, and pointed out therein a saving clause, which makes the law of no efefct in case the governing body of any munici pality shall choose another device and shall go on record with Its reasons for preferring It to the required apparatus. Mr. Cameron said that It waa his Im pression that such action as would re lieve the streetcar company of the operation of the statute had been taken by the Council. He will make a thor ough examination of the records of the Council to determine whether Its action in the premises was such as will exon erate the streetcar company. "If not,' said Mr. Cameron. "I shall of course lay the matter before the grand Jury and snail ask for a thorough lnvestiga tlon." The District Attorney went on to say that It was difficult to separate the real demand for an improved fender from the agitation of owners of other patents, who are seeking the adoption of their devices. "My office and mall are flooded with literature from deal ers In streetcar fenders." said the DIs trict Attorney, "and I confess that after looking it over x am at sea In the matter. However, if the Council has not by Its action precluded action by tne state, I snail press the investlga tion." There is now an ordinance nrnrilno- before the Council for the adoption of a aevice made oy the Portland Railwav Light & Sower Company, u was rec ommended tor passage by a majority or me memoers or tne special commit tee. Messrs. Lombard and Ellis. Conn cllman Rushlight declining to sign the report. He favors another type of icnucr. action win probably be taken on tne suoject at the session next xv eanesaay. PRUNES ARE NOT RUINED Kddings Says Frnit Blown to Ground Will Be Saved. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. S. (Sdp- cial.) That all of the prunes which were blown from the trees by the high wind of two weeks ago are ripening on the ground and will nearly all be saved u the statement of J. G. Eddings. chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, today. He lives at Camas and has a prune orchard himself. Prune-drylng is progressing In many parts of the county, especially around Ellsworth and East Mill Plain. Trunka, suit cases and bags. Largest variety at Harris Trunk Co.. "IS Sixth. WATSON'S NO. 10 Scotch Whisky Distilled in the Highland of Scotland from pure Scotch Barley Malt Guaranteed Over Tea Years Old. Ceo. $. Clark & Co., Agents 811 .Board of Trade Bldg, Portland, Or. WE HAVE ALL COLORS IN THE m n a Aa v i.' . : ' v j J - Eighteen -Inch Willow Plumes EXTRA BROAD AND HEAVY . -4j vj-V We are accurate in say ing: that never before has any store in this city presented such a . millinery offering; as this Regular $10 Values u Eighteen-Inch French Plumes in All Colors Each feather is of selected male stock very broad and heavy. Regular viSS at $4.97 DIRECT IMPORTERS OF OSTRICH AND WILLOW PLUMES. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. The Store for the Masses Where Popular Prices Prevail 126 -6 Street r.-ar ., - Only One Entrance It's On 6th Street Between Washing ton and Alder JS SJBS .ere are jr ive rammers on oaie n Cloak and Suit Deoartment COME AND SEE THEM YOU WONT BE URGED TO BUY Our $7.50 Dress and Walking Skirts $3.95 You Should Examine These Wonderful Values for Friday and Saturday Only 5 00 Dress and $Q Qk Walking Skirts, PJJJ made ot- all-wool mannish worsteds and chevrons, in many different models, including the Middy Skirts for misses and schoolgirls. You certainly can't buy them in any store in this town for less than $7.50; all sizes, including those for stout women up to 34 inch waist. Fri day and Saturday. $3.95 $30.00 Man-Tailored Suits at Only $16.50 $25.00 Silk and Cloth Dresses at Only $12.95 A beautiful assortment u taffeta silk, all-wool serge and broad cloth Dresses, elegantly trimmed with silk sou tache braid, or faggoting; made in the newest Fall models; a great val ue at $25.00. Friday and Saturday. $12.95 $12.95 $1 Madras and Chambray Waists 48c 100 dozen of tlrcse tailor "Waists, of good quality madras and chambrays; just the Waist for morning wear; pleat ed fronts, stock collar; prettv patterns in light and dark colors; actual $1 values. Friday and Saturday , 48c 48c $6 Pure Linen Waists $1.95 $16.50 They consist of about 100 Suits,' made of all-wool camel's hair chev iots, serges, broadcloths and basket .weaves; the Coats are 34, 36 and 38 inches long, strictly tailored, with velvet collar, lined with a guaranteed satin; the Skirts are pleated, nar row gore and habit backs buttoning in the front; all k - y- l a f "1 J sizes, rrom Jo misses to 4 dust; measure. You would consider it a bargain at Saturday . . $30.00. Friday and $16.50 $1.95 Through a for tunate pur chase of our New York buy er we were able to secure this Special "Waist; made of pure Irish linen with wide cluny in sertion running d o w n the front and narrow insertion on sleeve, collar and yoke. Can't be duplicated anywhere for less than $6. While they last, F r i d ay and Saturday. $1.95