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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1922)
riTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 8, 1922 SUIT CLUB BACKERS FACE PROSECUTION SHE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A MILKMAID BUT SHE IS FIKST oreoqn mm TO MEET TUESDAY SOME OF THE OFFICIALS M HO MILL PARTICIPATE IN KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS GRAND LODGE SESSION HERE. mm mm best VACATIONIST MIKES IOKTO TF..TAS-TO-AkASKA TOUlt. TO ENTER DAIRYMAIDS' CONTEST AT LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION. to City Issues Warrants for Arrest of Operators. LOTTERY CHARGE FILED Managers of Hayes Tailoring Company and Solicitors to Be Arrested. Determined to rid Portland of so called suit clubs, said to be bo dif ferent from the old-time suit club lottery, city officials yesterday pre pared for the prosecution of - the jnanag-ers and solicitors of the Hayes Tailoripg; company. Warrants for the arrest of Leslie Hayes and ' Ted Powell, said to be the managers, and four solicitors, were issued by Assistant City Attorney Imle-y, who will thave charge of the case for the city. : - The solicitors who will be cited to appear in the municipal court are .Monroe Lesser, also known as Monroe Leslie, Harry Simmons, John Doe Drake and J. E. Heller. These solicitors are charged with selling a paper or instrument understood to represent a chance in a lottery. The managers of the company are charged with offering this paper or Instrument for sale. Operations Are Investigated. For several weeks Assistant City Attorney Imley has been Investi gating the operations of the suit club in this city. In this investi gation he has had the active co operation of F. P. Tebbets. man ager of the better business bureau K. 8. Ervln. president of the Pa cific Coast Merchant Tailors' asso ciation, and D. E. Bowman, president or the Oregon Stale Clothiers' asso elation. Mr. Imley stated yesterday that in his investigation every person who has been interviewed concerning contract with the Hayes Tailoring company has told the same story of misrepresentation that will be charged in the municipal court egajnst the club operators. Sales Stories Cited. He says that the solicitors and in several cases the managers have told prospective customers that if they would sign a contract to pay $3 a week for 24 weeks they would be selected for a suit after two or three weeks' payment and as a result-, would obtain a suit for J4, $8 or $8. ' The customers, Mr. Imley con tends, are told that the managers select some person each week to re ceive a suit without paying the re mainder of the contract. But evi dence that the city holds shows that this proposition is done in order to avoid the drawings which formerly were used in the suit club "game." It was also alleged by the city that the promise is not carried out except in a few instances, and that the en tire scheme is one of fraud and de ception. Mr. Ervin received word yester day that the suit-club business op erated in San Francisco on the same basis as is the case here was ende-1 ""through the arrest of the .manager, who was sent to jail for 80 days. -City Commissioner Bigelow, who began the investigation that has j resulted in the determination to prosecute the officers and employes . or tne Hayes Tailoring company, said yesterday that he is conviuced beyond any question that the suit club business is unfair, if not dis- nonest. - , 1 - ' - ' - ! if 4. !x: ' ' - sVae, V - '" Lj ' s'&r szT-' ' Js-Jt' ? i " ? , v'', - yf , i - . . V - ' I - - f - : , f r -A Mrs. A. Macrae Smith of BellinKhauiv'Wash., and Iter blae-ribbon Gem ey, JLa France of Bralee. Among those who will compete for high honors in the milkmaids' con test, which will be a novel feature-at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition next month, will be Mrs. A. Macrae Smith of Bellingham, Wash., wife of a physician of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Smith own one of the finest model dairy farms in the Puget sound country, and an out standing herd of pure-bred Guernseys. Mrs. Smith is manager of the farm and a livestock expert. She will bring a number of her blue-ribbon Guernseys to Portland to compete for premiums in the dairy division, and has declared herself out for the purple ribbon and "first money" in the three-day relay milkmaids' contest, which will be the afternoon feature of. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during stock show week, November 4-11, inclusive. All women and girls will be eligible to the competitive event, and 1B0 in priaes will be awarded. SUPPLY DIVISION WES WESTERN ELECTRIC GETS INTO NEW QUARTERS. $150,000 Stock to Be Carried in Home Constructed on Corner of Park and Flanders. SHIPPERS' HEARING SET BIG SUM IS ASKED IN REFUND OF FREIGHTS. R. N. Stanfield and 3 8 Other Plaintiffs In Case Against Thirty-four Railroads. WEISER, Idaho, Oct. 7. (Special.) "A case of importance to the whole northwest, involving thousands of dollars in freight on which a refund is asked and of still more Impor tance for Its bearing on future ship ments will be heard In Weiser be ginning October 17, before Examiner Cassiday of the interstate commerce commission. The case is brought before the commission by the R. N. Stanfield interests and associated companies and other growers and shippers upon a compilation of facts made by E. L. Hoppel traffic manager for the Ktanfield concerns, with Ed R. Coul ter as attorney for these interests, v The case is attracing the attention of sheep men throughout the north west and will bring men here from at least f6ur states. Among them will be Hugh Sproat. president of tne Idaho Woolgrowers: T. J. Drum hiiler, president of the Washington growers from Walla Walla; Mac Hoke of Pendleton, secretary of the Oregon flockmasters, representatives of the public utilities commissions of Idaho, Oregon. Washington and Utah. Secretaary Marshall of the na tional association of woolgrowers, representatives of the chambers of commerce of Salt Lake City, Spo kane, Portland, Yakima and prob ably others. The case has to do with the mini mum weight established by the western carriers and upon wliich the plaintiff companies, co-partnerships and Individuals will seek re lief both for money paid during the past two years and for the establish ment of a new minimum. The present minimum is 23.000 pounds for a 36-foot. 6-inch double deck car and the plaintiffs claim that in SO per cent of oases it is im possible to load this weight in such cars without serious loss en route and that it Is impossible in many i cases to car this weight at all. The plaintiffs are asking for a minimum of 18.000 pound3. On the present freight rate, using Baker. Or., as a figuring point, this would mean a saving of over $60 on each car shipped to Chicago. The saving in the Weiser to Boise territory would be 155. - There are 34 defendant railroad companies, large and small. There are 37 plaintiffs and among them some of the largest raisers and shippers in the west Shipment of Cotton Delayed. CALEXICO, Cal.. Oct. 7. Shipping of cotton from the Imperial valley Is being delayed by the scarcity of cars, and 'concern Is being mani fested among growers. So far, only two carloads have been moved to market, while thousands of bales await loading. The supply department of the Western Electric company of New York1, the largest electrical Jobbers in the world, last week moved its Portland branch into the three- story brick and concrete warehouse recently completed on property at the northwest corner of Park and Flanders streets owned by E. D. Van Dersal of this city. The building, which covers a 50xl(M)-foot lot, was built especially for the big electrical concern, pur suant to a five-year lease nego tiated by Chester A. Moores and the F. E. Taylor company. The struc ture, which was built under the di rection of Strong & MacNaughton, cost about f30,000. The property, is located on railroad trackage and fronts on the North Park blocks in the center of the wholesale elec trical district near the postoffice and custom house. S. G. Ward, Portland manager of the supply department of the West ern Electric company, said last week that the new building would house the offices for his depart- ment and serve as a warehouse for the storage of electrieal supplies for electric light and telephone companies, washing machines, dish washers, ironing1-machines, vacuum cleaners, house and building wiring, motors and various types of radio equipment, including broadcasting outfits, head receivers and loud speakers. The Oregoman s new broadcasting outfit will be supplied by this department of the company. The Portland branch, which is but one of the 54 branches maintained by the Western Electrio company in the united States, will. carry sup plies ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 in value. After tho first year the. entire three floors of the building will be occupied by the electric company, but the owner is planning , to lease the top floor 'to other parties for the first 13 months. Records Show Unusual Drouth. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, .Corvallis, Oct. 7. (Special.) Unusual lack of rainfall in Cor- vallis during the summer months is shown in weather reports kept by the soils department of the college. The growing season of April to Sep tember, inclusive, was short 3. S3 Inches precipitation, and the entire month of July passed without rain. September had .06 inch over its nor mal allotment of 1.76 inches. Ashland Keeps Hobos Moving. ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) - Hobos to the number of 43 are being handled daily by city and railroad police, as many as 26 being removed from one train. They are lodged in the city jail over night and dismissed after a small fine has been levied. Orders are given to hit the highway toward the south. O" Merchandise of o Merit OnK Sewing Machines Select Any Style Pay $1 a Week 9 o I 1 1 O O 0 l" 0 DOMESTIC $58.00 For this sale, marked near manufacturing: cost, the machine with a life of -wear 20 years' guar antee; service free. Ball bearing: automatic lift. Fine oak case. Foot treadle. Library Table Electric Library table electric. Of choice mahogany, American walnut or oak finishes; in Queen Anne and Windsor designs. $20 Allowance on Your Old Machine Domestic Portable .Electric Sale Price $72.50 "The Domestic 69" noted for quietness, ab sence of vibration, serv ice and durability. Your machine can be traded in on the purchase price of this machine. Parts and Supplies for AAl Makes of Sewing Machines ' Used Machines $5.00 and $8.00 Only a Few Left at This Price MEZZANINE FLOOR. Grand Lodge Session to Be Held in Portland. SISTERS ARE TO GATHER Ijodges to Have - Entertainment Tomorrow Sight; State Offi cials Will Be Guests. About 3(H) delegates will ba ie Portland from all sections of the state to attend the ilxt annual ses sion of the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, for the domain of Oregon, which will be held in this o;ty Tues day and Wednesday. The annual session of the grand temple Pythian sisters for the Juris diction of Oregon will convene at the same time with about ISO dele gates in attendance. Vlsttora to Be Gneata. Preceding the sessions of the eon- vention the Pythian lodges of Port land will hold an entertainment to morrow night at 8 o'clock at which the grand lodge visitors will be guests of honor. This entertainment will be for Pythians and their fam ilies and friends and will be held the Pythian temple auditorium. 3SS Yamhill street, where the ses sions of the convention will take ; Place. A feature of this affair will be the presentation in mono-drama by Newton Beers of Banim's heroio brotherhood play, "Damon and Pythias." This play depicts the ad ventures of Damon and Pythias as the fraternal heroes now appearing in Pythian knighthood. On Tuesday night Abd-uhl-Atef emple. Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, will have eharge and stage Its annual grand lodge cere monial together with the Initiation cf candidates. This will be preceded by an banquet at the .municipal auditorium. Mayor to Give Welevme. When Lief S. Finseth of Dallas, grand chancellor, calls the grand lodge to order Tuesday morning the delegates will be welcomed to Port land by Mayor Baker, who is a mem ber of Ivanhoe lodge of this city. Responses will be made by Ella G. Wortman of Medford, grand ohief of the Pythian sisters, and Mr. Finseth. After this opening session the grand lodaes will convene in executive ses sion and launch into its work clos ing the Pythian year and initiating needed legislation. It is customary for the grand vice chancellor of the order to be ad vanced to grand ehanoellor and this session of the lodge is not expected to deviate from that rule. Millard P. Hardesty is the present grand vice-chancellor. Headquarters of the grand lodge will be maintained In rooms 238 and i 234' at the Imperial hotel during the convention. The Pythian sisters will have headquarters in rooms 231 and 232 at the same hotel. The Knights of Pythias of Oregon consists of some 77 lodges and the grand lodge headquarters in Port land. Besides the Oregon delegates there will be a number of visiting delegates and grand lodge officers from the domain of Washington at the Portland gathering. Educators to Be Speakers. ASTORIA. Or", Oct. T- (Special.) The programme for the Clatsop county teachers' institute to be held at the Central scnool auditorium on October 11, It and 13 has been corn, pleted by County Superintendent Byland. The programme In addi tion to musical numbers will in clude addresses by a number of the leading educators including W. M. Smith, assistant superintendent of public instruction; Dan E. Clark, extension division of the University of Oregon; Edwin T. Reed, Oregon Agricultural college: E. U Hopkins, Paclfio university; Mrs. W. 8. Kin. ney. state representative, and Dr. Frederick Strieker, member of the state board of health. Cows Bring; Only Fair Friers. CHEHAX.IS. Wash, Oct. 7. (Spe cial.) John P. Winkler's closing out sale of Ho lute In grade milch cows yesterday at Adna brougtit fair prices only, 3S animals making sn average of nearly The hichest priced cow trought 8113.60. Hlx 3 year-old heifers sold for 140 each, six younger heifers 830 sach. and seven calves $1150 icK. A aqrua and a mare sold for 1107. SO. while another team brought but $50. Wife Declared Inconstant. Clair Pomeroy alleges that hlf wife was Inconstant, In a suit files' in circuit court yesterday for a di vorce from Beulah Pomeroy. The couple were married at Vancouver Wash.. In June of this year. Valleys, Sea and lonlalns Krvn on Way Declared to IU Won derful; Car Tsrd Iart Tim. From a scenlo stsndpotnt the continent of Konk America baa them all beat, in the opinion of Dr. Hubert F. Leonard, whs has lt returned to Portland frem ex tended motor, train and etestnsr tour In which he traveled from El Paso, Tex, along the I'acl(k) ul to the Queen Charlotte Island, bor dering on southern Alaska. The local physician motored freta Portland to io Angeles and n Pieao. taklna side tripe te Arisona and Texas lie shipped his car from Han Kranrlso to Aetorla by steamer and thence drove home to Portland. The northern portion of the trip wss from Portland to attle by train, thenes by steamer, via Vancouver, R. C, north along tbs east cesst of Vancouver telaod to Queen Charlotte sound, crossing Hecate straits to the Queen Charlotte (roup of Ulamla, "From the scenic standpoint. It Is hardly possible to cooceive of sn). thing mors beautiful than In val leys, seas and mountains I bate visited during the summer." he said. The trip north Into 1lrHI.li Co lumbia was mads by !r. Leonard In company with Dr. It. B. North rup and T. M. 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