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THE MORN'INGr OREGOXIAX, ' MONDAY, MARCH 21, 191Q.
HAMILTON FLIES-
50 MILES AN HOUR
Thrilling Trips Over Tacoma
Made by Weil-Known
Aviator. -' .
HEIGHT REACHED, 1000 FT.
Stinking- Hoodoo Is Over, Atr Navi
gator Slakes Flights Remarka
ble for Their Daring 10,000
People See Show.
TACOMA. 'Wash., March 20. (Special.)
After ailing In his attempts to fly Satur
day, owing to Inability to get his motor
to work, Charles K. Hamilton, the avi
ator, save three perfect flights here to
day, thrilling 10,000 persons. The machine
worked without the .least hitch.
The highest altitude reached was 1000
feet and the greatest speed SO miles' an
hour. On the first ascent Hamilton stayed
in the air seven minutes, on the second
10, and on the third 11.
Flights Remarkable for Daring.
The flights made were remarkable for
their daring. The grounds chosen for
the exhibition were the baseball park,
which is hardly large" enough to insure
safety in getting off the ground. Ham
ilton said he had never before started
in so short a distance. The least mishap
would have pent the air navigator into
th fence or the trees outside.
During the three .flights. Hamilton gave
a variety of - aerial .stunts. He sailed
along close to the ground, circled about
the field, ascended high Into the air, sped
two miles over the city and, coming
back, gave an exhibition of dips and
darts.
Following his plunge into a pond at
Seattle and his failure to rise from the
ground here Saturday, Hamilton was
elated as a schoolboy today. After the
flights this afternoon Hamilton said:
Hoodoo Is Gone, Maybe.
"Well, I guess the hoodoo is over. It
was a week .ago today, yes, nearly to
the minute, when in Seattle the hoodoo
ft ret put in its appearance, but I guess,
it's gone now."
The aviator still limps as a result of
the injuries received when his machine
fell at Seattle, but is not letting this
interfere with his exhibition.
Though under contract to show here
only Saturday and Sunday, Hamilton will
give another exhibition today.
CITY IS SUED FOR $16,652
Portland Girl Asks South Bend for
Damages as Result of Fall.
SOUTH BEND. Wash., March 19.
(Special.)-A suit Was filed in the Su
perior Court of this county today in
which Miss Bertha Ransom, of Port
land, asks damages from the City of
South Bend in the sum of $16,652.40.
Miss Ransom was a teacher in the
. public schools of this city, and. while
walking down Alder street one evening
last Winter, while there was snow on
the ground, she stumbled over a
scantling which had been nailed across
the sidewalk in front of a livery stable
to prevent' boys from coasting on the
walk.
Miss Ransom fell, striking her face
on the icy pavement, breaking some of
the bones of her face and sustaining
serious internal injuries. She was com
pelled to give up her school and enter
a Portland hospital, where she under
went two operations.
ARREST THIRD IN 'YEAR
Henry Hoffman Again Accused of
Liquor Law Violation.
Henry Hoffman, a former saloonman,
was arrested yesterday for the third
time within a year on charges of sell
ing liquor on Sunday without a license.
Police Sergeant Smith and Patrolman
Small arrested Hoffman yesterday in a
rooming-house at 3S2 East Clay street.
Bottles of gin, beer and r whisky were
taken as evidence.
Patrick Morrow, a laborer, was ar
rested and is being held as a witness.
Hoffman was arrested September 12
last for selling liquor on Sunday, and
after conviction was fined $25. He was
arrested September 22 for selling liquor
without a license and fined $100. Now
he must face both charges.
HUGE BEAN CROP COMING
Potlatch Section AVill Have 10,000
Acre Yield.
ALBANY, N. T.. March 20. Presi
dent Taft read with interest today the
details of the tight in the House of
Representatives yesterday, when
Speaker Cannon was shbrn of his pow
ers as a member and guiding Influence
of the committee .on rules.
His only comment was, "I see that
Mr. Payne, the floor leader, expresses
the view that legislation will be for
warded by the disposition of this fight.
I hope that this may prove true."
President Taft was informed some
time ago by the insurgents that they
would support the majority of the
measures he had recommended.
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"BLOCK DAY" FUND PLAN
Committees to Comb Albany by Sec
tions to Aid Library.
ALBANY, Or., March 20. (Special.)
Tomorrow will be "Block day" in Albany
and an effort will be made to raise- a
fund for the maintenance and improve
ment of tho Albany public library. En
velopes have been left at every house
in Albany and tomorrow evening com
mittees will collect the envelopes, one'
person visiting every house- In each
block.
"Block day" has been advertised - for
several days, a poem by an unknown
author being the most recent means
taken to urge Albany residents to con
tribute. HIBERNIANS RAISE FUNDS
Socie'ty Expect. 20,000 People to
Attend Convention Here.
During the coming -week a systematic
campaign will be made by the commit
tee having in charge the raising of funds
for taking care of the delegates and vis
itors to the international convention of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians which
will meet in this city July 19 to '2A. About
(4000 has already been subscribed by the
leading business men of the city. But
so much publicity has been given the af
fair that the prospects of a large gath
ering have assumed a magnitude beyond
the original expectations of the commit
tee and this calls for additional funds for
entertainment purposes.
On the front page of the National Hi
bernian, which boasts of a half million
readers, in bold type, appears the follow
ing greeting from Archbishop Christie:
Archbishop's Residence, oi North Six
teenth street. Portland. Or. Muroh 1 inio.
Xo the Officers and Members of the
Ancient uraer or. HlDcrnlans: I wish to
take occasion of the approaching celebra
tion of the annual festival of Ireland's pat
ron saint to extend Rreeting from Portland
to the officers, members and friends of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians In America.
Portland has been chosen as the Hibernian
national convention city for 1910. Thou
sands of loyal Hibernians and their friends
will turn their faces toward the "Rose City
of America" next July, and I wish to take
this opportunity to tell them that they will
receive "ten thousand welcomes" from their
friends in the Pacific Northwest.
Portland Is the ideal convention city. Its
natural beauty and its equable climate, are
only surpassed by the hospitalltv of it's peo
ple ax attraction from those whom--either
business or recreation, draws to its sates
The city will be in the hands of the Hiberni
ans during: the week of July 13-23.- It af
fords me a real pleasure to extend to the
officers and members and their friends a
cordial Invitation to visit our city durlns
'he convention week. Very sincerely yours
in Christ. , A. CHRISTIE,
- Archbishop of Oregon.
In addition to this there is a long edi
torial calling attention of the delegates
and their friends to the importance of
the coming convention and the beauty and
resources of this city and state as de-
FORMAL DEDICATION OF EUGENE'S HANDSOME NEW Y. M..
C. A. BUILDING COMPLETED AFTER HALF
WEEK OF SERVICES.
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EUGENE, Or.. March 20. (Special.) Yesterday was the last day of
the formal opening and dedication-of Eugene's handsome new $50,000
T. M. C. A. building, which service began Wednesday morning. The
half-week programme was divided and classified with consideration for
the pleasure and convenience of the schools and the public, and the
ounujng nas Deen vieweajay tnousana.3.
.It is said to be one of the finest Y.
Pacific Coast.
The funds were obtained for the Eugene Y. M. C. A. building in an
eight-day soliciting campaign about a year ago, and in those eight
days $2000 above the $50,000 asked for was raised. It was one of the
pleasantest tasks the people of Eugene ever performed. The structure
is located on 'Willamette street, near the business center of the city. It
is faced with red vitrified brick and is one of the handsomest buildings
in Eugene. . ''.-
picted by a correspondent who signs him
self J. H. M.
In discussing the coming convention A.
D. Charlton, general passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, told the .
committee that not less than 20.000 peo-
pie would take advantage of the con
vention rates next Summer. The rate is ;
$02.50 round trip from Chicago, and less
in proportion from intermediate points.
LIE READY IN MONTH
GRAYS HARBOR JOINT tr ROAjD
PROGRESSING FAST.
Bridge Over Chehalis Nearly Com
plete, Milwaukee and U. P. Crews
Work to Finish in April.
TACOMA. Wash.. " Marchi (20. (Spe
cial.) With favorable weather the
jtiuwaunpe cc rugci duuiiu uiiu union
Pacific will be completed in April.
In speaking of -the progress being
made on this important branch, A. M.
Ingersoll, vice-president of the road,
said:
"The bridge across the Chehalis is
fast nearing , completion, and with it
the last of the grading. When these
are finished", there remains practically
nothing to be done but to lay the steel.
The bridge across the Chehalis River
will be finished this week and it will
not be long bef pre there will be a. line
all the way to Cosmopolis."
The track-laying crews have all been
nrpnnihpH nnrl thf BTAilin? of the rlcrht-
of-way is in such shape that it will be
completed shortly after the steel makes
its appearance on the scene.
No official date has been set for the
opening of the line, but some of the
company's officials believe it will be
ready for busines the last of April.
110 Apple acres set
Ideal Fruit Company Does Exten
sive Planting in Linn County.
ALBANY. Or.'. March 20. (Special.)
One hundred and ten acres of land In
one tract in Linn County- were set out
to apples within the last week. The land
Is part of the 640-acre- tract of the Ideal
Fruit Colony, which was platted by "J. D.
Dickover & Co. of Portland.
E. C. Roberts, superintendent of the
project, says the trees set out were New
towns. Spltzenbergs, Jonathans, Grimes'
Golden and Wftggeners.
The tract, three tniles from Crabtree,
was platted last Summer by theDickover
Company and many five-acre tracts were
sold, the company agreeing to plant and
develop ah orchard and turn it over to
the purchaser when the trees were 5
years old. J. D. Dickover of Portland
and his son, J. W. Dickover,, of Albany,
have retained part of the tract for the
development of an orchard for them
selves. . -
The Llnhhaven Orchard Company,
composed of Albany men. Is buying and
platting orchard land on the . same plan
and aims to set out 3000 acres of orchard
within tho next two or three years.
Pabst's Milwaukee Bock Beer on sale
today it Si A. Arata & Cos. and Arata
Bros. .
The oil palm Is. perhaps, the greatest
commercial asset la West Africa. On the
palm the . African has Ions; depended for,
food, clothing,, shelter, furniture, utensils,
tools, weapons, ornaments, medicines and in
toxicating beverages.
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SPAN PENALTY NIGH
High Water Blamed for Tardi
ness "of Madison Bridge.
PIER TIME IS UP MAY 1
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Forfeitures of $100 and $50 Daily
. Provided- Three Pillars Fin
ibhed, Falsework Building.
' Slayor to Hear Fjtcuses.
Three piers of the new Madison
street, bridge are finished, and the
United . Engineering & Construction
Company has commenced the building
of falsework to raise the first ' two
spans.. Mayor Simon . believes the
bridge will be finished before, next Fall.
According to Drake C. O'Reilly, rep
resenting the " construction company,
which has the contract for the super'
structure, the time . fixed by the city
for the completion of the' bridge was
May 1. After that a penalty of $100 a
niTILDIG AT KrGKKE.
M. C. A. properties on the
day is exacted. For failure to complete
the piers in contract time the penalty
is $50 a day. Robert Wakefield has the
contract for this work. The contract
ors maintain that they were unable a
work faster on account "of the high
water in the river.
Mr. Wakefield said yesterday that
there Is nothing now to hinder the
construction company, so far as he is
concerned, from going ahead with its
part of the construction "work.
"The piers are ready now," .said Mr.
Wakefield, "so that the company can
erect two spans of the bridge at any
time. The putting in of the piers has
been a pretty slow job because of the
three floods we have had.
, City's Plans Blamed.
"I do not thirlk the city authorities
will enforce the penalty upon us, as
they cannot ask us to do the impos
sible. It was two months, after the
contract for the piers was let before
the city had its engineer there. Plans
could have been drawn which would
have enabled us to work, high water
or low water. But the city authorities
declined to alter them, so we did the
best we could in the circumstances.
"The plans allowed for three feet
rise above low water. At no time this
Winter has the Willamette been within
less than six feet oiV low water, and
we have had three floods. Even
though the United Engineering & Con
struction Company had - gone ahead
with the superstructure, it would all
have gone out during the flood, for
falsework would not have withstood
the onslaught of the logs which came
down at . that time." . -
Although the city's bond issue "Was
$450,000, the exact cost of the. bridge
cannot be given at nresent, according
to Drake C. O'Reilly of the United Engi
neering & Construction Company.
"The price the city will pay," he said,
"is fixed upon a unit basis, and will be
computed upon the amount of material
used and work required to complete the
bridge.
Cost May Be $430,000.
The United Engineering & Construc
tion Company took the contract for the
superstructure at $321,690. Mr. O'Reilly
is of the opinion hat the work, figured
on the unit basis, would make the total
cost of the bridge to the city about $430,-
000. " -"Mr.
Wakefield is fust finishing the
work on the . third pier," said Mr?
O'Reilly, "and this "will give us the foun
dation for two spans. We are now driv
ing the falsework for these. We could
not commence with the building of tho
falsework until the piers were finished,
and. during .the high water it was im
possible to continue the work below the
surface.
"Our contract calls for the completion
of the work ten months from July 1,
1909, or May 1. The first three piers
were to have been finished December
1. We expected then to begin
with . the construction of the false
work. But the delay in completing tho
Biers has, of course, given us a backset.
However. I do not think we shall need
all the time allotted to us for the work.
We shall push it as rapidly as it Is pos
sible for men and engines to work. The
amounf of time we have lost on account
of the delay in finishing the piers will be
added by the city officials to the date
when our contract expires. If we are
delayed by Mr. , Wakefield four months,
the city will allow us that much longer
in which to complete our work. My rec
ollection is that the contract called for
the completion of all the piers eight
months from July 1, 1909, or March 1.-,
Of course, you must remember the con
dition of the water in the river has
much" to do with the progress we make.
We may ' have another flood next week;
we can't tell."
Business Guides Mayor.
Mayor -Simon will not commit himself
as to whether he ."would favor. ( an en
forcement of "the penalty for the time
lost by the contractors. He said he was
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Weather1 R.
inclined to deal ' with the situation on a
business basis, and that until all the
facts were presented to him he could not
say whether he would favor, granting an
extension.
"I shall have to consider," he said,
"how seriously it affects the city and its
interests. I do not think the contractors
are entirely to blame for the situation.
There has been a great deal cf high
water this Winter, and during these
times' no work on the piers could be
done.
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THOUGHT SHAMMING.
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J. H. Maine, Octogenarian, to Be
Examined at Albany Today.
Dull Blade Saves.
ALBANY, Or.. March 20. (Special.)
That J. H. . Maine, the S5-year-old man
who struck his son in the neck with a
hand -ax at his home in this city yester
day afternoon, is shamming insanity. Is
the belief of those who have talked with
him since the commission of the crime.
J. Henry Maine, Jr., victim or his aged
father, has also said that he believes his
father Is sane, but that he made the
complaint alleging insanity in preference
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Real Money Is Being Paid for Both
." 'Some purchasers of residence lots like pretty diagrams, with
'X marks the spot" where improvements are promised, and a
nice bright red line shows Where a street ear will run every now
and then if everything happens to happen. $
'Others h'at.urally hesitate to invest hard-earned cash except
where the can see their lot without waiting 10 to 15 minutes -for
a car, riding 35. minutes, and wading through ploughed
ground or perhaps accept the eagerly-proffered hospitality of
a silver-tongued salesman in a mud-hill autb.
They, prefer to live IN the city rather than pay a citjT lot
price for the privilege of pajring for the paving of a remote cow
pasture. : - It is to the discriminating purchaser we offer our improved,
restricted residence -propertjr in the choicest section of Portland,
IRVINGTON
Prices little-or no higher than are being obtained for the far
away lots in the foothills. . .
Terms just as easy.
But the property is paved with asphalt NOW; cement side
walks and cement gutters with iron drains are in NOW; a per
fect Sewer system (8 and 10-inch pipes) is in NOW; 6- and 8
inch water mains are in NOW; gas 'mains are in NOW; service
connections are brought inside the curb NOW, ready for your
home; the propert3r is in full dress NOAV.
" v Twelve minutes takes you there by car, with cars every three
to five minutes only 12 minutes by the Woodlawn, Alberta and
every other car running out Union avenue; get off at Knott
street, walk onelilock east, and you're on the property.
Irvington car line is NOW being extended out Fifteenth
street, onlv a block awav from the property.
IRVINGTON SCHOOL only a block from the property.
And it's no "little red sehoolhouse, " either.
Come and investigate. See for yourself. Twelve minutes
gets you there by car. Come to the Irvington office.
Rountree & Diamond
IRVINGTON OFFICE. E. 7th' AND KNOTT DOWNTOWN OFFICE, 241 STARK STREET
to booking a" criminal charge against his
parent. . '
Maine will-be examined on the In
sanity charge before County Judge Dun
can tomorrow. In the meantime he Is
being kept in custody in his own home
in charge of a guard placed there by
Sheriff Smith: -
The old man has talked irrationally
ever since the attack, but has not men
tioned the ax-wielding. Though he has
been eccentric for years, his mind is said
to have been clear until after the attack
on Maine, Jr., yesterday.
Police authorities say extreme dullness
of the ax and the fact that it struck low,
rather than the feebleness, of the blow,
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saved 'the life of Henry Maine yesterday.
When the old man came .out of the
bedroom he held the ax behind him as
he walked across the room to got be
hind his son, who was seated at the
table, eating lunch, that the younger
Maine's wife and daughter, who were in
the room, could not see it. When he
raised the ax, held in both hands, to
strike, Mrs. Maine screamed. This
caused her husband to turn slightly just
before the ax struck him and the blow
fell we'll down on the neck. Both the
wife and daughter of the injured man
witnessed the blow, but were too far
away to interfere.
The old man owns the house where
Be aTen Million "Loafer!"
During the year 1909 The
Royal Bakery baked and
sold over 7y2 million (to be
exact, 7,666,066) loaves of
delicious, nutritious TABLE
QUEEN BREAD. At the
present rate of increase,
1910 will bring the total
sales to more than ten mil
lion loaves.
Join the Royal Ten Million Club!
Look for the word "Royal"
Impressed in the Bottom of
the Loaf.
Royal Bakery & Confectionery, Inc.
Absolutely the Cleanest and Most Sanitary
Bakery on Top of this Earth.
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he lives and his ' son and family have
lived there with him, taking care of him.
Though they have lived in the same
house for years, the father and son arc
said to have been unfriendly.
P. W. David Near Death.
FOREST GROVE. Or., March 20. F
W. David, for whom David's Hill, the
sightly eminence back of Forest Grove,
was named, is very ill and not ex
pected to live more than a few hours.
He Is about 65 years old and has lived
In Forest Grove over 20 years.'
The velocipede was invented by Drais ir
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