TIIE MORNING OREGON AN, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1909.
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CITY'S INDUSTRIES
PAUSE FOR HOURS
BIB.DSEYE VIEW OF SCENE OF SHORT-CIRCUIT AND RESULTING FIRE THAT DID MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE.
Special Rates
to the East
Plan Now
ROUND TRIP RATES
Streetcars Are Stalled When
Short Circuit Cuts Off
Electric Power.
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To Chicapo $72.50; St. 'Louis
$67.50; Omaha, Kansas City,
St. Joseph, $60.00.
LOSS PLACED AT $100,000
DATES OF SALE
June 2 and 3; July 2 and 3
August 11 and 12.
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Wires Arc Disconnected by Careless
Handling of Crane, but Dam
age Is Slight and Temporary
Repairs Are Made.
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sd EaBt Ankeny lines, which are sup
led from the West Side, there was no
Jturbance of car service on the East
side as far west as Grand avenue.
Similarly manufacturing- concerns on
the far side of the river were not In.
convenlenced. except that their plants
were somewnat retarded in operation,
owing to the heavy load that during
me anernoon was thrown on the East
Side supply stations.
At 1:30 o"clock the traveling crane on
the temporary roof of the Electric build
ing was being shifted by a crew of men,
when the arm brushed against the high
tension cables. ' Instantly short-circuiting
them. The insulation was torn ' out,
cables broken and connection made with
other cables similarly exposed. The re
sult was a blinding flash, visible for a
considerable distance, which set fire to
the flimsy roof on the Seventh -street side
of the building.
Water Spreads Blue Flashes.
The fact that water was first turned on
the flames led to the spread of the blue,
dazzling flashes that appeared to Issue
wherever a wire was exposed. The use
of water, an excellent conductor of elec
tricity, was responsible for this. With
the arrival of the Are apparatus chemicals
were turned on the wires and in a few
minutes all danger was averted and the
blaze subdued.
One set of transformers and a rotary
were last night out of commission, so
that they would dry out. One other ro
tary was working in fair condition, and
it is believed the other machinery will be
found undamaged when it has been dried
by the hot currents on the wiring. In
this case the loss to the Portland Rail
way, IJght & Power Company will not be
over a few hundred dollars, but If any in
Jury is discovered in the transformers or
rotary the loss will be considerably
greater. However, this is not expected by
President Josselyn.
Oregon City Cut Off.
Until 3 o'clock not a single carwheel
on the West Side turned and until 4:30 no
car was able to proceed south of Alder
treet. As soon as possible, the steam
Itatlon at Sherlock avenue was cut In and
one concern after another supplied. All
the afternoon men worked on the roof of
the Electric building putting in temporary
:onnectlons. and these will be serviceable
Jntil made permanent. Current from
Oregon City could not Immediately be
utilized, because it passed through the
station at First and Jefferson street, and
the wires between the Alder-street sta
tion and that at Jefferson street were
mmong those disconnected.
AH over the city a wall came from
the proprietors of moving pictures theaters
who saw their day's prollts heavily cut.
A few places received connection within
an hour, while others had t'o wait con
siderably longer.
In every large building In the city; ex
cept the Wells-Fargo block, tenants and
their Visitor! WOT-A PnmnatlB
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up and down stairs. Very few elevators
were running before 4:30, the Corbeti.
Beck and Commercial buildings being
among those worst rrlnnloH TK. r'
n.eri'Ul Club was tenanted for some time
oy a considerable number of lunchera,
who did not mm tA tiUmn v.
seven flights of stairs. Elevator service
in The Oregontan building was resumed
"'n minutes arter the accident.
Vnited Railways Affected.
The car service nn vm - ..i. . v. ,
United Railways was placed entirely out
v.. lunuuiasiun ana not a wheel turned
until late in the afternoon. The Wil
lamette Iron & Steel Vrrv .
pleteiy stopped for a time, and then was
" oniy aDout 75 per cent of its
machinery working by an alternating cur
rent through the steam station r.r k.
electric company. Many other concerns
. o up m uespair ana shut down com
iweieiy arter an hour's wait. Among
oVi , , '"r":iln '-an company
and Columbia Steel Company.
The city lights. where -,,,
not extinguished, owing to their supply
coming from a separate station. In many
part of the cltv lihti. oKt.L-j "
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t"I,at"K ct"??t was not interfered
lth. although there did not appear to
'"'"niy aoout this, some resi
dences receiving, current while others did
not.
The last carline to receive service was
the East Ankeny-street division. Just at
the moment the current was shut off
three cars were running on tv, n .
son-street draw and were left there for
a part of the afternoon. Although the
draw receives current from both East
and West Side, with two leads to each
caoie, it could not be operated. Three
steamers lay by the draw and whistled
at three-minute lntprvnu fnr
Although the bridge-tender shouted out
ii. e cause or me aelay, it seemed to be
ieii on ine river that blasts of the steam
norns would help matters along, judgin
ny tne continued disturbance raised
Operation of the Steel bridge and Burn-side-treet
bridge was not lntprfrBr f t k
The most peculiar part of the affair was
the way passenirers sat in th -o,
ing for them to move. A Sunnyside car
waning opposite tne rostofflce was filled
the whole afternoon with women who
sat ror hours, expecting the cars to
move at any minute.
Cabs, the new taxi-cabs and other auto-
moDiies reaped a golden harvest. Bust
ness men renlllrin rnniH (ren.K
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KAneera from th Tn!rn T"urt . v. jj
ferent hotels kept all available vehicles
employed.
Governor Benson Accepts.
SALEM. Or., June 14. (Special.) Gov
ernor Benson today accented an invit.
tlon to deliver the dedicatory address at
tne uregon bunding at the Alaska-Tukon-
i'acmc imposition on June 18.
A recent French Invention Is a yarn humid
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volving tub. In which there is water and
by centrifugal force th! column, of water
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WILL GREET PARTY
:orty-four Business Men Are
to Meet Californians.
PASS ON WAY TO SEATTLE
Excursionists Will Be Entertained In
Portland on Return Friday
From the A.-Y.-P.
Exposition.
A committee of 44 local business and
professional men, under the chairmanship
of G. F. Johnson, has been selected to
meet the party of California business
men when It reaches Portland Friday aft
ernoon on its return to San Francisco
from the A-Y-P Fair. At that time the
visitors will be taken for an automobile
ride to various points about the city and
will be entertained at dinner at the Com
mercial Club. The Chamber of Commerce
and Oregon Development League will as
sist the Commercial Club in looking after
tne comiort or tne excursionists.
The excursion train carrying about 100
San Francisco business men arrived in
Portland yesterday morning at 6 o'clock.
The visitors spent an hour or more here
before resuming their journey to Seattle.
Owing to the early hour and the brevity
of their stay, no attempt was made to en
tertain them. This will be done, how
ever, when the party reaches here Friday
on its return to San Francisco.
The report that the observation car of
the train was badly damaged by fire
caused by a lighted cigarette, is de
clared by local railroad officials to be un
founded. They are curious to know how
the report got abroad.
The reception committee to meet the
excursionists on Friday is composed of
the following:
Geo. F. Johnson,
Norman Lang.
Herman "Wittenberg,
C. D. Brunn,
Ralph W. Hcyt.
J. Frank Watson,
A, J. Lewthwaite,
T. W. Leadbetter,
C. F.. West,
A. C. Callan.
A. L.. Mills.
W. M. Ladd.
Theo. B Wilcox.
C. E. Ladd.
J. C. Ainsworth,
W. A. Mao Rae.
Fletcher L,inn.
Wm. McMaster,
E. C. Giltner.
Arthur J. McComJb,
L. H. Psrker.
Clarence S. Jacobson,
Gus Simon,
E. B. Piper,
F. F. Barbour,
C S. Jackson,
John F. Carroll,
C P. Adams.
S. G. Reed,
K. C. Mai pas,
C. E. Curry,
J. G. Gauld,
S. M. Mears.
F. H. Ransom,
F. li. Page.
J. H. Page.
Dr. Henry W. Coe,
B. S. Josselyn.
E. L. Thompson,
H. C. Campbell.
Julian L. Meier,
F. A. Nitchy.
A. M. Smith.
R. M. Kelly.
The regular reception committee of the
club, composed of Roger B. Sinnott,
chairman: W. J. Hofmann, T. W. B.
London. Sig Sichel and H. Beckwith. will
assist the general committee.
UNION MUSICIANS PROTEST
Object to Plan of Sending Amateur
Portland Bands to Seattle Fair.
Unofficial action was taken yesterday
by members of the Portland Musicians
Mutual Association, of the National Fed
eration of Musicians' Association, also
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, against the proposed scheme
of J. H. Nolta, manager of the Peninsula
Band, to send his band to Seattle as a
post-Festival celebration to advertise
Portland roses and the action by the City
Council in appropriating $500 to send the
policemen's band on Portland day to the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. At a
meeting of the executive board of the
association, to be held Wednesday night,
a formal protest will be made against
sending an amateur band to the Exposi
tion, specifying the proposed Instances.
Despite the fact that the musicians
maintain that it Is a matter of sentiment
with them and not a defense of union
ism, other unions of the city will likely
join In this protest, according to A. L.
Vritting, a member of the executive
board.
It is the contention of D. C. Rosebrook,
a prominent member of the association
and director of the Portland Symphony
Orchestra, who has Just closed a con
tract with the City Park Board to give
band concerts in the Darks durlnsr fh
j Summer, that an amateur band at Seat-
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY'S
tie, where many famous musical organ
izations are congregated, would cause a
disparaging opinion of Portland's musical
talent to become general.
Mr. Rosebrook declares that a profes
sional band can be sent at the same
cost as an amateur aggregation and by
reason of the fact that Portland's mu
sical talent, in his opinion, is better than
that of any city of its size in the coun
try, it should be shown off to the best
advantage.
FESTIVAL IS SOLE CARE
East Siders Dropped Business to De
vote Time to Week's Display.
While general credit is due several
civic East Side organizations for the
floats and features of the Rose Festival,
special efforts were made individually, by
many who devoted their entire time dur
ing the week to the celebration. J. H.
Nolta, of the Peninsula Rose Festival As
sociation, cast all business aside during
the week. He looked after the transpor
tation or roses by cars on the Peninsula,
assisted at the floral booth at the Union
Depot and had charge of the Peninsula
Band. W. J. Peddicord. F. D. Fitzpat
rick, Mrs. A. B. Stone, of the Rose Cul
ture Club, and a long list of Peninsula
people were particularly active. Mr. Ped-
dicord, president of the Peninsula Rose
Festival Association, commends all" alike
for their work and extends thanks to the
people of the Peninsula In general.
The fine showing made by Montavilla
was due to the united effort of all Its
people, under the leadership of William
DeVeny. At Montavilla It is proposed to
perpetuate the Rose Association, and a
meeting will be held tonight at the Meth
odist gymnasium for that purpose. Much
of the success of Sunnyside was due to
the efforts of S. W. Walker, J. T. Wilson,
J. P. Newell, Professor E. D. Curtis, Dr.
J. A. Pettit and the canvassing commit
tee. Much credit is given C. A. Bigelow,
president, and George T. Atchley. secre
tary, of the East Side Business Men's
Club, for the success of the parade, and
tney were strongly supported by effi
cient committees. Mrs. A. L. Keenan
Ben Riesland and Jack Kelly made it
possible to enter a float from the Sev
enth Ward in tbft phlldwTi'o i.am1n
William H. Morehouse, W. H. Golding,
l... J. Micks. J. w. Campbell, Walter Ad
ants and the Ladies" Auxiliary of the
Sellwood Board of Trade were especially
active in preparing the prize float.
SLAV SMASHES WINDOWS
Joe Duyin, Naked but Full of En
ergy, Stirs Up Large Crowd.
Standing at the window of a dwelling
at Mississippi avenue and Knott streets
in attire extremely negligee and nailing
up a bedspring as a barricade to the win
dow, while a curious crowd looked on
from the street, Joe Duyln was taken
In charge by Sam Wagner, Deputy
Sheriff, yesterday morning.
Duyin is a Slavonian, about 22 years
old. He had smashed nearly all the win
dows in the house, and had broken a
large part of the furniture. He was
bleeding profusely from wounds made by
the broken window glass and broken
bottles. Even with his feet tied and
with handcuffs upon him. the crazed man
managed to kick one of the men in the
crowd in the stomach.. Judge Webster
signed a commitment, and he was sent
to the Salem Asylum last night.
Lucy Parenti, Otto Frenz and John
Clemes were also sent to the asylum.
Northwest People In East.
JEW YORK, June 14. (Special.)
Northwestern visitors registered at
leading hotels today are:
From Portland J. C. Martin, Mrs. C.
E. Jackson. II. K. Merrlman. Mrs. H.
K. Merrlman, at the Martinique; H. B.
Hanief, W. C. Beaumont, at the Prince
George; R. KroHn, at the Latham: W.
and E. J. Adams, at the New Amster
dam. From Seattle W. R. Misner, at the
Prince George; A. Kennedy, at the
Broadway Central; H. Gladstone, at
the Herald Square; M. Gilbert, at the
Grand Union; H. R. Miller, at the Im
perial. From Tacoma L. L. Tyler, at the
Marlborough.
From Walla Walla Wi C. Hadler and
wife, at the Victoria.
Xo American Horses Run.
PARIS, June 14. President Fall teres
saw M. Lallouet's Grand Maitre win the
prix President de la Republlque for
trotters at St. Cloud today. The purse
amounted to $10,000. No American horses
comoeted. j
SUB-STATION A, SEVENTH AND ALDER STREETS, TAKEN FROM OREGONIAN BUILDING.
JOBS WILL BE OPEN
Census Supervisors .to Be
Named for Next Year.
BEACH ACTIVE CANDIDATE
State Senator May Be Appointed
by Ellis, but Xo Aspirants Have
Come Out In the First
Congressional District.
Have you made application for appoint
ment as supervisor of the Federal census
which is to be taken next year? Every
decade such a census is taken, and 1910
is the time for the next enumeration. In
this state there will be two supervisors to
appoint one from each Congressional
Sold by Grocers
vsrl -T.C
district. The Job is worth from $1500 to
$3000.
While the bill providing an appropria
tion for taking the next census Is still
pending In Congress, the knowledge that
an enumeration is to be made and that
funds will be provided for meeting the
expense, is causing some of the patriots
to measure their strength as aspirants for
these plums. The manner of appointing
the census supervisors, fixing their com
pensation and other details governing the
enumeration, including the appointment
of enumerators, will not be known until
the bill before Congress has passed.
In 1900, the Director of the Census
at Washington, on the recommenda
tion of the Congressmen, appointed one
supervisor for each Congressional dis
trict. The supervisors so appointed
subsequently selected the allotted num
ber of enumerators to compile the
population in their respective Congres
sional districts.
Assuming that the supervisors will
be appointed and the census conducted
in the same manner that it was 10
yearn ago. S. C. Beach, State Senator,
is a candidate for appointment as
supervisor for the Second District in
next year's census. He has been in
dorsed by several prominent Repub
licans of this district. It is not known
that any candidate has been recom
mended to Congressman Hawley for
appointment in the First District.
Power Boats Race Home.
HAMILTON, Bermuda. June 14. Tho
Boy;
. Go in
To a package of crisp
Toasties
Like a cub-bear into a Honey-Tree.
Fully cooked, they are ready to eat
from the package, or with cream and
sugar if desired. .
One of the most delicious foods made,
with a special "toasty flavour" which
fascinates.
One don't forget.
The
Made by
POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, Limited,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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power boats Heather, Ilys and Insep
started from the Farewell buoy at 9
minutes past 10 this morning on the
return race to New Tork. As they dis
appeared from view the Ilys was in the
lead.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. E. R. Reamee. grand master of the
Order of Eastern Star, is & guest at the
Cornelius Hotel.
F. B. Waite, of Sutlierlln, formerly
well-known as an Oregon stockraiser.
was registered at the Perkins yesterday.
Mrs. E. P.. Neidlg, of Los Angeles, head
of the Fraternal Brotherhood, an organi
zation with several branches in Portland,
is staying at the Perkins.
Mrs. Edward W. Bingham, widow of
the well-known attorney, is making a
visit to Portland, after nearly four years
of absence. At present is staying with
Mrs. P. W. Gillette, 194 Abernethy street,
where she would be most happy to see
her friends.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Prudhomme
and children, Frances and Wilbur, ac
companied by Mrs. Prudhomme's sister.
Miss Nbrden, left Saturday morning for
Seattle. After visiting the fair they
will take a steamer trip to Victoria,
Vancouver, B. C, and other British Co
lumbia points of Interest.
CHICAGO. June 13.
W. Cotton, of Portland,
today at the Congress.
-(Special.) W.
Or., registered
and Girls
Taste Lingers"
TO DENVER AND BACK
$55.00, May 17, July 1 and
August 11.
PRIVILEGES
Variable routes and stop-overs.
Kates apply via St. Paul, or
Billings direct, or Billings and
Denver without extra cost.
The Burlington's scenic Mis
sissipi River line, its direct
lines to the East from Billings
and Denver are conspicuous
features of the journey; no tour
of the East is complete that
does not include the .Burling
ton. TRAIN SERVICE
Northern Pacific - Burlington
through service via r!t. Paul
or Billings. Great Northern
Burlington through trains to
the East and South via . 5t.
Paul or Billings commencing
May 23d.
CONSULT US
Write or call for rates, reserva
tions, folders, and let me help
you plan the most desirable
trip at the least cost. We are
located on the Coast to help
you.
A. C. SRFLDON,
flen'l Agent,
C. B. Q. Ry.,
100 Third Street,
Portland, Or.
Nervous People
WE DO PAINLESS OPERATION
OF THE MOUTH
Specialists in All Branches of Cental
Work.
We own and conduct our laboratory.
22-k. Crown, extra heavy $5.00
Bridge Work $5.00
Good Plate $8.00
No charge for extracting, when
other work is done. All -work guar
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BEAD WHAT MRS. M. JOHNSTON
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made at the Harvard Dental Parlors
862 Washington St., absolutely without
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tADV IX ATTENDANCE.
20 OFFICES IN V. S.
HARVARD PAINLESS
DENTISTS
362 Washington Street.
Thrifty Women
Nine times out of ten
the woman is the money-saver
in the fam
ily. Men know the
value of money in
bank, but few have the
knack to save. Next
pay-day give your wife
your salary and advise
her to deposit in this
bank.
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Checking accounts so
licited, however smalL
Hours 8 A. M. to 5:30
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THE POPULAR
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li SUGGESTION ON ECZEMA
It Is suggested that eczema sufferers
ask Woodard, Clarke & Co. or the Skid
more Drug Co., of this city, what re
ports they are getting from the patients
who have used the oil of wlnterirreen
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