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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1912)
THE TIMES Phone or Write j j OF PO RTLAND « And Have an Expert Explain Our Money Maker P ä o C P hi UTPS] Jack Main 6383 90 First Street Phillips, w ire less o p e r a t o r on t h e T i t a n i c , w h o s e n t o u t t h e c a ll f o r h e l p a n d w a s t h e fi rs t w i r e l e s s m a n to d ie a m a r t y r to h i» p r o f e s s i o n . Brief News of the Week A Boston jury has decided that a theatregoer need not pay for a bad seat at a performance. The Arizona house of representa tives has passed the bill providing a nine-hour work day for women. A noteworthy gathering of the Ca tholic clergy and laymen welcomed the new apostolic delegate to the Unit ed States, Archbishop Giovanni Bon- anzo. when he landed at New York. Reports to the genera! Methodist conference in session at Minneapolis show that there are now 3,500,000 members, church property to the value of 1200,000.000, and educational prop erty valued at $54,000.000. The Ohio constitutional convention has rejected the recall and adopted in its stead a proposal authorizing the legislature to enact a law providing for an impeachment commission with power to remove any offending official. By far the greatest crop of wheat ever produced in the three states of the Pacific northwest is likely this season. A preliminary estimate of the crop with its increased acreage would give close to 80.000,000 bushels as the totals of Oregon. Idaho and Washing ton during 1912. • PoffTLANDOfctûON BAGGAGE STORED THREE DAYS FREE People in the News THE Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Co. Ed Callahan, the last of the feudists of Breathitt county, Kentucky, was shot and fatally wounded while sun ning himself on the steps of his store at Crockettsville. The body of Colonel John Jacob Astor. recovered from the sea where the liner Titanic went down, was buried beside that of his mother, in Trinity cemetery on Washington Heights, New York. Floyd Allen is on trial at Wythe- ville. Va.. for his connection with the Hiilsviile courthouse murders. The defense is attempting to show that Floyd Allen was wounded before he took part in the shooting. Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of J. P. Morgan, has set up 1200 navy yard workmen in the restaurant business. She surrendered control of her Brook lyn navy yard eating establishment to the yard employes and gave a check for $1000 as a sinking fund. General Transfering and Storage Main Office and Warehouse PARK AN D DAVIS STS., PORTLAND Telephones: Main 6980, A 3322 Political News Bits ~~~ " ""' I SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES Send in Your Subscription today THE TIMES COMPANY, 212J First Street, Portland, Ore. Find enclosed $2.50, for which please send me THE TIMES for one year and until otherwise ordered. N am e----- Street No. City State ... ; » Governor Woodrow Wilson is con fined to his home with an attack of influenza. Ex-senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana has arrived in California to throw the might of his oratory into the campaign for Colonel Roosevelt. Oscar W. Underwood carried Miss issippi in the Democratic presidential preference primaries ■ held Monday. Governor Wilson was his only oppon ent. Oscar Underwood of Alabama is Georgia's choice for the Democratic nomination for president. Florida's delegates are also instructed for Un derwood and Alabama will give him 24 votes. Returns from approximately one- half of the state of Texas show Wood- row Wilson far in the lead in the number of instructed delegates to the Democratic state convention, selected at county conventions held Monday throughout the state. "Theodore Roosevelt will be the Re publican and Champ Clark the Demo cratic nominees for president this year, and Champ Clark will be elect ed." This is the prophecy made by Mrs. Jerry Simpson, widow of the former Kansas congressman. Mrs. Simpson is a spiritualist, and relates p-veral recent talks with the spirit of her husband. In the claims sent out by rival man agers from Washington, the Taft men claim 493 elected delegates and con cede only 229 to Roosevelt. The Roosevelt people claim 291 for their candidate and concede 137 to Taft. The Roosevelt people have started contests against 154 of the Taft dele gates. and the Taft men are contest ing 12 of the Roosevelt selections. Laundry New Orleans.— Large sections of 15 Louisiana parishes west of the Missis- , sippi river are under water, four other parishes have some flood water and are bound to get more. Thirty persons were drowned in Coupee parish when a flood of water j from a break in the levee rushed sud denly into the district. Survivors re ported that 12 bodies had been recov ered and declared the death list pro bably would total 50. Approximately 100.000 persons have been driven from their homes and JAMES about a dozen lives have been lost. 'HAMILTON LEWI ñ Refugees are sheltered in cabins, churches and lodge buildings. Jam es H am ilto n Lew is, form er Urgent appeals for boats to be used in rescue work have been sent to W a s h i n g t o n c o n g r e s s m a n , w h o w o n the D e m o c r a t ic n o m in a t io n f o r U n ite d Governor Sanders. Millions of dollars' worth of prop | S t a t e s s e n a t o r at t h e I l l i n o i s p r i m a r erty is at stake, and thousands of lives ies. would be jeopardized if some of the big levees gave way. STEEL HEARING HAS BEGUN Lack of labor, due largely to the un- 1 concern of the negroes, who have been | S u i t i s M o s t I m p o r t a n t E v e r B e g u n by Governm ent. drawing government rations, has been a most serious drawback. Governor New York.—Hearings in the trial of Sanders has ordered the Louisiana the government's suit to dissolve the militia to round up 500 negroes and United States Steel Corporation under compel them to do work on the levees. the Sherman anti trust law have begun Nearly all the negroes refuse to work here before Henry P. Brown, of Phila as long as they draw government ra delphia, who was appointed special tions. commissioner to conduct the hearings. The American Steel a Wire com A s t o r M i l l i o n s L e f t to S o n . pany, one of the biggest of the sub New York.—Counsel feu: the famil; sidiaries of the United States Steel has made public the will of John Jacob Corporation, was a partner to pool Astor. Vincent Astor. a son. who will 1 agreements with other manufacturers, come of age within the year, is made j whereby prices in United States gov the principal beneficiary and residuary I ernment bids were fixed and the busi legatee. Aside from provisions f o r ! ness divided among the pool members, Vincent Astor. the will provides for ! according to the testimony submitted. unconditional bequests of only $276.- \ The evidence was introduced by the 500. government in support of its conten tions that thi American Steel & Wire Oregon Candidates Out $58.288. company was itself an illegal combina Salem. Or.—Candidates for nomina tion. tion at the primary nominating elec tion in April expended a total of $58,- M a r y l a n d F a v o r s Roosevelt. 288.95. according to a compilation of Baltimore. Md.— Maryland's 16 votes the expense statements which has in the national conapntlon will be cast been completed by Secretary Olcott. for Theodore Roosevelt and Speaker Champ Clark, as a result of the state's WASHINGTON FOR CLARK first presidential primaries. The primaries dividB<l the delegates A t t e m p t to S t a m p e d e f o r B r y a n M a d e to the state convention as follows: by W i l s o n Forces. Republicans— Roosevelt 66, Taft 63. Walla Walla, Wash.—Clark manag Democrats—Clark 72. Wilson 44. Har- ers stood off an attempt to stampede mou 4. in doubt 9. the Democratic state convention for William Jennings Bryan, voted an en M a r y B a k e r E d d y W il l H e ld Valid. dorsement of the speaker of the house, Concord, N. II.—The clause of the put through their own slate of dele will of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, gates, bound them by the unit rule founder of the Christian Seieuce and programmed a formal endorse Church, bequeathing the residue of ment of Clark's presidential candidacy her estate, valued at about $2.000.000, by the delegation. to the First Church of Christ. Scient It was the finish of a remarkable ist. of Boston, creates a “ valid trust," political upset and one that Democrat in the opinion of the supreme court ic state chairman C. G. Heifner. west of New Hampshire, announced here. ern manager of the Wilson campaign, refused to stay and witness. Together with Mayor George F. Cot- terili and most of the other members of the King County delegation. Heif ner tore off his convention badge when the convention by an overwhelm ing vote decided to seat the two con New York.—With banners flying and testing King county delegations with bands playing "The Boy I Left Behind half a vote apiece, and a few minutes Me," the great urmy of sufTragettes, later walked out of the hall. the biggest public demonstration of John Pattison, of Spokane, was un women ever seen in this country, animously elected national committee marched up Fifth avenue. It Is es man. timated that there were 20,000 march ers in line. From Washington Square up Fifth i avenue to Fifty-seventh street and i thence to Carnegie hall, great enthus iastic crowds lined the way; windows j balconies, roofs and sidewalks filled with admiring and cheering throngs Escalon. Mexico.—General Pasqual j for the plucky women taking the two Orozco has refused to recognize the ¡and a half mile walk to demonstrate provisional government established by the earnestness of their supplication Emilio Vasquez Gomez at Juarez. | for the ballot. Orozco, on the march southward, tele So great were the crowds at Wash graphed Gomez, threatening him and ington square when the marchers be his associates unless they left Mexico. gan to gather that the reserves were The creatioi* of any civil govern called out to clear the street and ment prior to the successful termina ■ square for the delegations of suffrag tion of the war has persistently been I ists assembled there. opposed by Orozco. In his telegram to Gomez Orozco O ly m p ic G a m e s B egin. declares that he would have been glad j Stockholm.—In the presence of near to have had Vasquez Gomez come into ly every member of the royal family, the rebel zone and work with him in ¡the Olympic games began here. the interests of the revolution, but the Gomez government in Juarez was THE M ARKETS a thing he could not countenance. SUFFRAGETTES MARCH IN MONSTER PARADE OROZCO COMMANDS GOMEZ TO QUIT P riso n P h y sic ia n is O u s t e d by W est. Salem. Or.—Not only did Governor li'est definitely discharge Superintend ent James from the head of the state p e n :» ' '¡ary. but ha onre more swung the political ax by discharging Dr Byrd as penitentiary physician. This latest Innovation is promised to be followed up by others which may be announced within the next few days. R e g u la r O rganizatio n O verthrow n. B 7118 Troy Governor Orders Militia Offi cers to Compel Negroes to .Work on Levees. Government Standard Powders Company UûH ftlilLDfNO East 33 MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS STEADILY RISING • Company 201 East Water Street PORTLAND IN T H E CO U N T Y C O U k T OF T H E S T A T E OK OREGON. FO R M U L T N O M A H CO U N TY. In the M atter of the Estate of H E N R IE T T A K ERN . D eceased. C IT A T IO N To J. J. Kern, A lbert E. Kern, G eorge b Kern, John M. Kern, T J. K ern, W il liam Kern. Tabitha Kern, M eta De M ond, W illiam Struve. John Struve, Letha. V ed a K eru and D elbert Keru, and all other known and unknow n heirs and devisees o f H enrietta Kern, deceased: IN TH E N AM E OF TH E S T A T E OF OREGON, you are hereby com m anded to appear before the H onorable C ounty Clerk of the State of Oregon, in and fo r the County o f Multnomah, at the Court H ouse in the City o f Portland, on the I5 th day o f A pril. A. D. 1912, at the hour o f nine o 'c l o c k A. M. o f said day, to show cause, if any exist, why an ord er o f sale should not be made o f the follow in g d escrib ed land as prayed for in the petition o f A. E. Kern, adm inistrator, w ith the w ill annexed o f the estate o f H enrietta K ern, deceased, herein b efore filed, to-w it: L ot num bered three ( 3 ) , in block num bered three ( 3 ) , in Colum bia H eigh ts A d dition to the C ity o f Portland, and also lots num bered tw enty-three ( 2 3 ) , twenty- four (2 4 ), twenty five (2 5 ), tw en ty-six ( 2 6 ) , tw enty-seven ( 2 7 ) and tw en ty-eight ( 2 8 ) , in block num bered thirty-seven ( 3 7 ) , in Pen iusu lar A ddition N um ber T h ree, to the C ity o f P ortland, all in the C ounty o f M ultnomah and State o f Oregon. W itn ess my hand and the seal o f said Court affixed this l l t l i day o f M arch, A. L>. 1912. F. S. F IE L D S . Clerk o f the County Court. By T. F. NOONAN. Deputy. (S eal o f County Court. M ultnomah County. State o f O regon .) IN T H E CO U N TY C O U RT OF T H E S T A T E OF ORKGON. FOR TH E CO U N TY OF M U L TN O M A H . In the M atter o f tlie Estate of RE BE CC A F P O R T E R D eceased. N otice is hereby given that the under signed. Ed A. Schlotn. has been appointed ; by the County Court o f the State o f O regon, | for the County o f M ultnomah, ad m in istrator I o f the Estate o f R eb ecca F. P orter, deceased, and has duly qualified as such. A ll persons having claim s against said estate are hereby notified to present the *ame to the undersigned, at the office of I Paul M. Long and Chrtstophersou & Mat- : thews, 415-417 Y eon Building. Portland, O re gon. w ith proper vouchers and duly verified, w ithin six m onths from the date o f the first p ub lication o f this notice. ED A. SC H L O T H . A d m inistrator P A U L M LONG and CH R ISTO T11E RSO N & M A T T H E W S . 415 -17 Yeon B ldg . A ttorneys fo r A dm inistrator D ate o f first p u b lication . A p ril 27 .1912. D ate o f last pu b lication , M ay 25, 1912. C. J. W I L S O N Commercial Artist and Cartoonist 348 MARKET STREET Phone Main 5645. Res. Phone E 6188. Arthur D. Monteith Civil and Hydraulic Engineer 587 E. 15th St. N. Portland, Ore. General Surveying, gineering, Landscape Construction E» Superinten dence, Reports and Estimates on Proj ects, Water Supply, Irrigation, Sewer age. Now Lumber Exchange Bldg. EAST COR EAST YAMHILL 63 u. s. Laundry C om p an y 180 Grand Avenue PORTLAND Portland. Wheat—Track prices Club, $1.02: bluestem, $1.08; red Russian, $1. Oats— No. 1 white. $40 per ton. Hay—Timothy. $17; alfalfa. $13. Butter—Creamery, 26c. Eggs—Ranch. 21c. Hops— 1911 crop. 38c; contracts, 26c. Wool—Eastern Oregon. 17c; Wil lamette valley. 19c. Mohair—36c. S e a t tl e . Harrisburg. Pa.—In the same hall j Wheat—Bluestem. $1.06; where the regular Republican organiz II; red Russian. 99c. ation of Pennsylvania was overthrown Oats— $39 per ton. lasf week, the regular Democratic Butter—Creamery. 26c state organization was swept out of Eggs—22c. power by the "reorganization' faction Ua>—Timothy, $16 per ton. aftar a fight lasting nearly two years. I K R YP TO K INVISIBLE B I FOCAL Club. Let u* »how you with what genius and scientific accuracy a new p-incipal ha» been applied to maLe tho Kryptoli lenses per fect invisible bifocal*. „