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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1920 NPORTLIDIIEMS BY RICHER 51 Employes of The Oregonian Sell Press Patent. 60 PAPERS USE BLANKET Covering to Be Manufactured in East; Better Than Old levice by Five Counts. mas county, but who "had resided at Grass Valley for the last tw years. died in Portland Wednesday morning at 9:30, after an illness of three months. He is survived by his widow, a sis ter of Gordon E. Hayes of this city; two brothers, Alphonso of Oresham and Randolph of Sandy: three sons. Karl and Carrol of Urass Valley and Vernon of Portland. BANKS, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) Albert Vail, 76 years old, storekeeper or Manning, Or., died here late today after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow, Hattie L. Vail, and two sons. H. M. Vail of Portland and Gus K. Vail of La Center. OREGON VETERAN NAMED DR. Ii. V. HYDE, HILLSBORO, TO BE SIRGEOX-GEXERAL. The last chapter in the history of a Portland invention which represents a forward step in the development of the mechanical end of newspaper printing was written yesterday in the fale of the patent rights of a new type of "press blanket," invented and per fected by two Portland men, A. W. Cochran, building superintendent, and P M. Youngs, pressroom superin tendent of The Oregonian Publishing company. The sale price of the patent rights was J100.000, according to a telegram received by Mr. Cochran yesterday. The development of the new press fclanket covered a long period of years In which many experiments were made and many difficulties were met end overcome. The. chemical formulae of the composition in numerous forma were first worked out in the la boratory in Mr. Cochran's office, the specifications sent to eastern manu facturers and the article itself tried out in the pressroom of The Ore zonlan under the supervision of Mr. Youngs. 60 Papers t iling Blanket. The Oregonian presses have been quipped with the new press blankets since 1915, and since the perfecting of the device in September. 1919, more than 60 of the leading newspapers of 'the country have adopted it suc cessfully. "A press blanket is the covering on the cylinder press which must be pli able and yet durable to accommodate the irregularities of the type," said Mr. Cochran. "Under the old system a felt and rubber covering was used, with a center composed of rubber and the surface of felt. This had many disadvantages, as the felt and rubber wouid stretch,, thus decreasing the diameter of the cylinder, and constant rea'Viustments were required. "In this new press blanket we have used a cork composition with a fabric covering. This cork composition con Bists simply of ground particles of cork bound together by means of oxidized linseed oil. The fabric cov ering is made as an integral part of the composition through the manu facturing process, which Is carried out at a high temperature. The per fected cork composition blanket pos sesses the element of pliability found In the old type plus an Increased durability. Inventor Tell of Work. Mr. Cochran told of the develop ment of the idea from its inception many years ago, when his attention was called to the poor print resulting rrom tne derects in the old press blanket. The rubber, became blis tered from contact with oil and the felt covering would stretch, he said, necessitating many adjustments and frequent replacements. I "In our experiments we tried out many materials before we found that cork was the proper element to use," he said. "We found that this cork composition contained all the quali ties needed for a successful press blanket flexibility, durability and printing qualities. "It was when we sent east to have the article manufactured that we en countered the real difficulties. It was almost impossible to have good work done, as the manufacturing company was not used to producing materials of this kind to the exactness required by our specifications, and when we attempted to explain by mail they were not able to understand just what we wanted. "Finally in 1918 Mr. Youngs went east aad spent nine months in the Armstrong Cork company's miil at Lancaster, Pa., to oversee the work personally and again for three months In 1919. In September, 1919, all dif ficulties had been overcome in the manufacturing end of it and since that date the new press blanket has been installed In 60 newspaper plants. Better by Five Counts. "From the data gathered through the composite experience of these plants we find that the new blanket is better than the old on five counts: It does not stretch; it does not reduce the diameter of the compression cylin der; the cost of manufacturing is 40 per cent cheaper than the old form; it is more durable and prints better." ' The patent rights were held jointly by Mr. Cochran. Mr. Young and The Oregonian, which had provided finan cial backing through the discourag ing years of experimentation. The telegram received yesterday by Mr. Cochran from Mr. Youngs, who is now in the east, announced that the patent rights had been sold to the New Eng land Fiber company of Worcester, Mass. CHORUS NOW ORGANIZED Whitney Boys Officers Chosen and Plans Are Laid. Organization of the body which will supervise the Whitney boys chorus in Portland was effected at a session held Tuesday night at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, after there had been a meeting of the boys interested. These officers were: Dr. D. D. Whedon president; C. W. Alexander, vice president; Helen Jacobovics, secretary-treasurer: H. G. Wirtz, musical director; C. S. West, local organizer; K. H. Forbes. Rev. Bell Rathman, Mrs. T. D. Kirkpatrick, H. Park and Alfred Anderson, board members. Objectives of the chorus Include musical training, an anti-cigarette campaign, summer trip for the chorus and participation in the Rose Festival. It is planned to finance the tour of the boy singers through concerts given locally. Spanish War Veterans at St. Louis Meeting Select Seattle Man as National Commander. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 15. J. K Witherspbon of Seattle. Wash., was Uf? am r ttf J V- r-rt-fvrriM Dr. Ij. W. Hyd. Oregon man. elected by United frpanlah War V eterani. CO-OPERATION URGED BY BIG FOOD EXPERT California Plan Outlined to Ad Club Gathering. FARMERS' WISHES, GIVEN elected commander of the United Spanish War Veterans at the closing business session of the national en campment today, and St. Paul was selected for the 1921 encampment. The Portland organization of the United Spanish War Veterans has just received word that Dr. L. W. Hyde of Hillsboro, has been re-elected na tional surgeon-general by unanimous vote of the encampment now in ses sion at St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Hyde served during the Spanish war with the Wis consin troops as a surgeon, and parti cipated in the Porto Rican campaign. He has been a very earnest worker in the organization and is at present senior vice-commander of the depart ment of Oregon. E Reinsch Portland Visitor. Paul Reinsch, formerly United States minister to China, who retired from the diplomatic service about a year ago to represent private inter ests in connection with foreign trade and shipping development, was 'a Portland visitor yesterday. Raymond Wilcox of the Wilcox-Hayes company and Glenn W. Cheney of Dant & Rus sell as a special committee ,of the chamber of commerce entertained Mr. Reinsch at luncheon and made him , ! ..... .1 nrt(K KicKa- -J port conditions. Obituaiy. OREGON CITY. Sept. 13. (Special., Lester U. hhtpley. :6 years old, a former resident of Hazelia, Clacka SAG COINCIDENT WITH FREIGHT BOOST, lT-is SAID." One of Shifts at Bend, Or., Mill Will Be Laid OfT; Box Factory Has Only Week's Work. BEND, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) A marked decrease in orders received at the pine milling plants of the Erooks-Scanlon Lumber company and the Shevlin-Hixon company was re ported here today by the general man agers of the two local companies. rhe decline in business Is virtually coincident with the rise of freight rates, and the situation has resolved itself into what J. P. Keyes of the Brooks-Sca'nlon Lumber company al- udes to as a test of strength be tween the railroads and the shippers." Mr. Jveyes stated that practically no orders are being received, and that one of the three shifts employed at the mill must be laid off at the end of the week. Most of the men, how ever, will find temporary employment in the extension of a lumber distri bution railway system in the com pany's yards. At the fahevlrn-Hixon company's plant both box factory and planing mill have only sufficient work for an other weeks run. "I hope for an early change," T. A. McCann. general manager, said to day. "The country is five years be hind in its building and this fact should insure a good healthy demand." Phone your want ads to the Orego nian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. Warning Against Xon-Partisan Or ganlzatl.on and Class Rule Sounded by Sapiro. "Co-operative marketing Is the one great constructive weapon against the non-partisan league," declared Aaron Sapiro, counsel for the Cali fornia Fruit Growers' association, in addressing the Portland Ad club at Its regular weekly luncheon yester day noon at the 'Benson hotel. Mr. Sapiro explained to the large number of business men who taxed the capa city of the crystal room the history of the co-operative movement and the results it has obtained, and declared that the time has come when the citizens must either support a co operative plan that will mean real aid to farmers or prepare to battle against the skilled forces of the North Dakota organization, which Is bent on destruction and class rule. "There are three things that the public wants of the farmers," said Mr. Sapiro. In opening his address. "First the public wants increased produc tion, in order that it may be fed to sufficiency; second, it wants the farmers to stay on the farms in suf ficient numbers, and thirdly it wants the farmers to become land owners as insurance towards the first two. Farmers' Wishes Detailed. ;The city folks want a lot of the farmers. Now what do the people on the farms want? They want to be able to live on the farms in accord ance with the 1920. and not the 1860. scale of living. They want electric lights, running water, schools for their children, they want to be able to carry life' insurance, they want sufficient success so that their wives may remain in the home, and not have to work in the field, they want to be able to own their own farms and they want farm production, to be stab ilized so that they can be assured of an equitable return on the labor and investment each year. "The thinking farmers of the coun try are studying to see how these de sires of 'theirs can be brought about, and they find that two big ideas are clashing for supremacy, the Cali fornia co-operative idea and the North Dakota non-partisan league. farmers Have Grievance. 'The farmers of North Dakota are no more radical in their tendencies than farmers in any other part of the country. They had a real grievance there. The bankers and millers and merchants were against them, and the whole farming class was seething with discontent when Townley and his crowd began their propaganda. It was an easy field in which to sow. The non-partisan, league may be Bald to have been caused, at, least, in part, by the bankers and the business men of Chicago, Duluth and Minneapolis, even though these men did not know they were forming it. and would have stopped It, if they could. . "The non-partisan league Is rx pected in Oregon in November. They will come with a perfect system of organization. They do not use amateurs. They will invade tnis state with skilled organizers and platform speakers as convincing as you ever heard. The way to meet them is not to throw bricks at the organization, but to have a community sympathetic to the farmer's problems, and ready through co-operative organizations. California Is Example. "The greatest product of Califor nia," he continued, "is not Hiram Johnson, but co-operative marketing. For 25 years California has been a field of investigation along these lines. We have made "all kinds of blunders, but we have profited by experience and now we have a suc cessful plan, which has proven itself, ready to offer to California and the rest of the states." The co-operative plan has brought prosperity to hundreds of the small towns of California, and to the entire state as a whole, he said, citing as an instance the fact that there were more mortgages foreclosed among the raisin growers of Fresno during the tear 1912, before co-operative market ing, than in the entire period since that time. Other similiar facts were given to show the success of the plan along nearly all lines of farming. President H. B. Van Duzer. of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, was also a speaker at the luncheon, and urged that the Ad club members get behind the fight which Portland is making to prevent ruin of port de velopment here through placinjr this port under Seattle shipping board officials. Following his address the Ad club passed a resolution calling upon all members to study the port crisis, and to carry on an educational campaign among the people of the city. COMMITTEE REPORT READY Council Today Gets "Views on Two Important Matters. The report of the committee of 15 on the Swan island project and the proposed consolidation of the Port of Portland and public dock commis sions will be submitted to the city council this afternoon. The report has received the ap proval of the membership of both the dock and port commissions, it is understood, and deals with plans for procedure for the consolidated body as well as policies to be pursued in the event consolidation is approved by the electorate. CITY BLOCKS LAW CHANGE PROPOSED CIVIIi SERVICE ACT SEVERELY CRITICISED. With, sxxax" scarce and costly, more and more interest is nat urally being shown in that self - sweetened food - This ready-to-ea.t cereal food is abundantly sup plied with, sugar, develop ed in the process of making from the choicest parts of wheat and F2355 Flavor tells Male ty Postum Cereal Company, Inc Rattle fVlr Read The Oregonian classified ads. Mayor . and Council Hold N'ew Measure Might Place Jobs as Political Booty. By unanimous vote yesterday the city council refused to refer the pro posed charter amendment invoking radical changes In the conduct of the civil service department of the city to the voters. Mayor Baker first ordered a Re port read prepared by Stanley Myers, deputy cyy attorney, in which a com plete analysis was made of the pro posed measure. This report brought out the fact thatthe proposed bill might pave the way for the affiliation of police and other bureaus with organized labor, might permit a working day for mu nicipal employes of less than eight heurs and mig-ht give civil service em ployes control of civil service. Mayor Baker pointed out to the council that under the present sys tem employes are given protection. "The voters would insist on a return to the old plan of politics in the em ployment of. city employes, rather than adopt this plan," said the mayor. "City employes are entitled to a fair deal but nothing more. Personally 1 believe that the measure is funda mentally wrong and I will refuse to submit it to the voters through any act of mine." Without further parley the council refused to adopt th report and also refused to pass any ordinance sub mitting the proposed measure to the voters. Should the employes desire they can submit the measure to the voters by initiative, but it is not be lieved at the city hall that any such attempt will be made. Officials of the employes' association are in clined to the belief that all hope for adoption of the measure by the voters has been destroyed. MAIL PILOT IS MISSING PLANE XOT HEARD FROM 35 HOURS AFTER DEPARTURE. Private Craft Spends Day Scouting North of Reno, Xcv., Second Machine Forced Down. RENO. New. Sept. 13. Thirty-five hours after leaving Reno nothing definite has been heard or the where abouts of John L. Eaton, pilot of aerial mail plane No. 63S1. He left Reno Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock en route to Elko, a station between this city and Salt Lake Tity. Eureka, 200 miles due east of Reno, reported a plane flying over that place at 10:30 Tuesday morning, which bears out the report that Eaton had flown east to Kallon, where he was last identified, as Kureka is di rectly east of Kallon and about 50 miles due south of Elko, his original destination. A privately owned plane spent the entire day scouting in the vicinity of Winncmucca, 150 miles northeast of Reno. Pilot Black, flying plane No.- 154. who left Elko at 3 o'clock, was forced to land at Hazen, Nev., 50 miles east of Reno, on account of engine trouble. He was bound west. Bridge Closed at Night. The Burnside bridge was closed to traffic last night by order of William A. Katrhel, county roadmaster, from 11 P. M. until 6 A. M. this morning. It will be closed again tonight for the same period, according to notifi cation received by the police yester day. Repairs are being made on the bridge prior to the heavy traffic ex pected to. result from the closing of the Morrison bridge to all but pedes trians after September 20. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. ES0-J1. Adv. . a tine d bv uadience r.fiiosiogiraph Drawn from actual photograph H ears famous soprano compare voice with RE-CREATION by Edison's new phonograph could not tell the two apart ALICE VERLET, prima donna soprano of the Paris Grand Opera, gave an. extraordinary recital last night at the White Temple. , Miss Verlet walked on to the stage and stood beside a stately cabinet. She began to sing Romeo et Juliette. The audience immediately yielded to the spell of her beautiful voice. Then suddenly there was a stir a subdued murmur of surprise and a perplexed rubbing of eyes. Miss Verlet's voice continued to fill the auditorium with undiminished sweetness your ears were proof of that but her lips had become absolutely silent your eyes told you that. What wizardry was this? It was the test of direct compari son with the living artist, which Thomas A. Edison has de veloped to demonstrate that the Official Laboratory Model of his new phonograph will sing any song exactly as it was sung by the artist, and that his Re-Creation of a singer's voice, as it comes from his wonderful new. phonograph, positively can not be distinguished from the singer's actual voice, when both are heard in direct comparison. Miss Verlet made repeated comparisons always with the same result. Then, to demonstrate that Edison's new phono graph has absolutely no limitations, Victor Young made sim ilar tests with the piano, and Robert Velten with the violin. It was truly wonderful. This master achievement of the great wizard, Edison, marks a new epoch in music. The Phonograph With a Soul". You can have a duplicate of the wonderful instrument used at the White Temple and, if you act quickly, we can furnish you with an engraved certificate (signed by Miss Verlet) certifying that it is an exact duplicate in tonal quality of. the instrument she used in her amazing comparison; also that it will sustain precisely the same test. We have fourteen of the famous Official Laboratory Models and Miss Verlet has certified every one of them. Come to our store at once and ask to see and hear the Official Laboratory Models on which Miss Verlet has issued her Certificates of Authenticity. R EED-F RE NCH PIANO MFG. CO. Local Edison Dealers Twelfth and Washington Streets