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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1911)
the aronxiyG oregoxiax. Saturday, aprix i. 1011. 1 m 1 1 . . . I ?M!srtiL" ssnnn nEMANDEn in - . r bk bosemcietk Kpbeit fflgia, le faster 1 INCREASE FOR JOB PRINTERS REFUSED Employers Say Competition of Other Cities Precludes Granting of Demand. S6 A DAY SCALE ASKED Itrplv to Vnlon Saja TorlUnd Is Already Thrratnrd With of Bosiar- and Cannot IVcar Added Borden. TTmploytna; printer of Portland hava decided not to rarrt tha lncreaaed vui, avaraa-loa; cnla a day. de manded by tha Typographical Union for lmotjpa uperatora In Job printing or ic. Ncttca of tha Incr.aJ.d f1; wfcti-rt waa announced to Into effect May 21. waa mvl to employing printers 31rr! 11. Tha employera aay bualne.a condiclona and the aen competition they are, required to meet In other cltlea vhert the acala tor thia cla of labor la from : to 33 1-S per rent lower than that now paid In ttila city, make It lm posalMo for them to comply v.ltn tha demand- . . , Tha Typocrapht-al Vnlon haa'alao erve. notice on the dally nawpaper - ,.. ,,tr thj.t affective In May. aa advance of Ti rente In the present c1 paid prlntera for day and nifhl workT of een and one-nair nura win -perfd. The minimum acale under an exlst'.nr aareement now paid theae em p!nyr m l-ortland la 14. Ti for day work and II 21 for those employed at night. Inder an asreeincnt exiting between the prlntera and tha nwpper pub lishers, all nucatlona as to waxes rt determlnr.t by a board of arbitration repreaenttn. tha International Typo araphlral Inlnn and tlie publishers ( Iwird. The demand lor aa lncreaaed waa for these employes will ba re ferred to that bard for adjustment. ir no agreement shall previously bava been reached between tha new'spaper publishers and the printers. Job Situation Dlffcrent- tVlth the Job printing employers, tha altuation la different and it remains for them to adjuet questions of wage erhedule with their employea througb the organisation to which tha employee belong. The letter from tha Typo graphical Union to tha employing prlntera. demanding an Increased wage, follows: " . Oentlemen Valtnemah Tnorapblral Vaton N J b-rim ""'' '".'If" eon.ider-.lon and approval tha fallowing rcl.' frJrTra-eaatln and t!ne-eaUog machine office, ether tnaa new.paper. flection I. Operatura on llaotpe. mono tTre. or ether line-caatln, or trpe-cain Tnarhlnea. empk7.a In book and Job and all other than dally n.aepaper office, ehall nnl the foliotn acale of IT or. between the ho ore or T A. -and P. M.. I per day. eibt boure te conetitut. a day a wot, overtime rate l P.r hour. Mht wort, shift ending not later th.n S ao A. M.. per nJttW aad oae-haJf hour, to eonailtote a n'Jta mora-, overtime rate ft. SO per bear. 7 .idej that where a third ehift la employed v.teeea the hours of nllnlti aad a A. 14 tr Blht. eceea houre to ronatltute a n'.-fi s work aa such third abtft. .rtwn. II 50 per hour. alachinlete employed la rU an! Jb offlre ehaU recee the same fsie a aoe proeded. . On the dT shift, overtime rate shell be paid f T wor oa Sur.da.fc and le- 11 bolldare ISte l" - ' . . k..b..l n end hrlat rr... or days errred aa uch Oa the aiclt ehlft oertira rate .hall ba paid for . - - u . . n.t rhrutmu eve. Tt- -Ukt cmxm f.ni Ur i . rnw rroflls Small, Say Etnployr. Ipea decldln not to grant tha re created advance In wages, tha employ ing printers made tha following reply to tha Typographical Union: PORTt-AND. Or.. March IT. Multnomak o.n7:em.a: The tortlxod Vrlat.r Board of Tr.de U in receipt of lett.ra from yoar or nlstl.a. reUti.e to a new scata of t,i eiecutlT, committee of the Portland Irtntere- Hoard of Trade have gone over Jh. matter my ear. fully aad at their eat In u.ur I waa tn.trucled to say to yoar oreanlsatioa that ta employlna prrnter ...not at thle urae their way clear to make any further advance In Jm prodt la the bualneea, broasht about Ursely by tha riid competition of the ether "le of the country, make It attaolutely lmpoealble to advance wea further and keep out of tha dctcbaa at the bankruptcy '"""taatBg thta atop we wleb ta remind your oraaaualma of the feet that the priafr of Portland have elwaye rema rked tha merit et their employe, whether linetrp operator, cotnpoaltor or other rt!. The more competent employea la I department are la almoet every caee re-elvm a was aoove the preet minimum K, c.mo.id by your anion. But a h.ser miulmum without lacreaeinr the ef niearr or producina capacity of the work man mwt uaj'jet. It I a fact well known among employ ing prtntera that at the present time the eoet of production of a glvea piece of work I eaa.ly from 2 to :i per cent hlcher right her In Portlaal thma It w a little more trta a year a-o The greeter part of thta !n-rd root of production I eaoeed by the lacreasa ta the wc scale during that "t quetlon ef "how much anil tt etandt" t truly up to the employ's prlntera of Portland, a well aa every Important City en tha Coaat. witfe regard ta price et the laboa - It has bee estimated that perhaps nair the money epent for printinc for foetland firm le -nt out of the flty of Inrtlnd. A crest pert of the order ar aeal tt where iatior la rherer. to boueea wh tek e'tvantac of eonditlnna her and work thta Western country ty bualneaa Um of Trade Ceaeldeevd. IVe do not bellev that Portland ta g"ln te benefit t-r sending :t for Its printinc. bat w real'.x that Portland maoofevturera must :l at a prlit within icasun or lose the rrem of thi Importeat Industry. Th labor anion should be mucb Interested In heepmc buetnees. that employs lhr. In lvrtland a the manufacturer themselves. TV believe thl ther shouid psnse snd asa the-selvee the questions: 'v'an the employer s-sr.d anoth.r raleeT" "Will Portland mer rhsafs eland It or will they send Kast for a areater perrentace of printing than at tha present t. ma in con.lrrm this Question, w must te mindful ef the ft that after all the public par the t ills. ! a raise la laher msaas a ra: In ti selling price of printing to the seme extent that tue cost of labor affects anv ether eommodlty. la eoae:usHa. we hope our relatione for the future may not be lee acreeahie thaa in the past, but we must aesur yoa that at th present tlm th employing printra of Portland rannot stand for aa advance la wagee. Tours my truly. r. tv. chains s. P-eel dent Portland Prvatere Board of Trade. la discussing the subject at Issua Mr. Chausee. president of tha Printers Board of Trade, yesterday aald: "That tha proposed now scale, or In dead tha present scale of wagaa paid by the employing printers of Portland Is out of proportion to other cltlea. cah readily be aeen from comparison wlLh other cltlea of the United Statea. "IJnotvp operatora In Portland are receiving a minimum wage of SJ1.S9 for 4 hours. Thev demand an Increase to it for 4 hours. -in Francisco pays :: Ixis Ange les. t:T: Spokane. Ilv: Seattle. $J; St. Louis. Chicago. 2: Washington. IX C, 2; Nsar York, f 21; Philadelphia, "Thus It will be seen that Portland' two strongest Eastern competitors for business. Chicago and St Louis, pay 14 par cent less for this class of labor than here. Tha new acale demanded would put Portland t0 per cent over either of these cltlea "At th present time the minimum acale for band composition In Portland Is I2&.S per week of 8 hours. In Chi cago It Is 121 for 4 hours, while In St. Louis It Is $10 50 for ti hours or about la per cent less In either of these cities than In Portland, and about th same difference prevalla In other depart ments. Ther Is not at present a city In tha United States with as great a popula tion as Portland that has as high a minimum union scale for her employes In th printing arts as Portland. AH th large Eastern cities hav 10 to SO per cent th beat of us In th cost of labor, which carries perhaps 40 per cent of the cost of the manufacturing of printing. Portland is at tha end of her rope snd the parting of the ways seems near at hand. "Through the Typographical Union, the linotype operatora are asking for an advance In wages that the trade rannot grant." said A. A. Bailey, of Bailey A Torrey. yeaterdsy. "It Just a yesr sgo that an Increased wage was asked and conceded to tha em ployea Now they ask for another ad vance averaging "t cents a day. This Is more than we can stand. k RaMncas Already Lost. "Und'cr the present scale, the em ploying printers of Portland hava lost a great deal of business during, the last year. Customers for whom we formerly did work have withdrawn their patron age and given It to other printers In Vancouver. Oregon City. Salem and oth er Willamette Valley towns, whera th scale of wages paid llnotyp operatora Is considerably below that In Portland. To grsnt a still further Increas In th local scale would result In driving addi tional business from Portlnnd firms, be cause th public will not pay more for their work when they can get a more reasonable figure In near-by towna "It Is simply an Impossibility for us to meet the demand that has been made. If the Typographical Union seeks to en force Its demand, we will have to dla pense with the services of these em ployes. We cannot pay the additional . mw MUillnn tn MinMli for bUal ness where conditions already are decid edly against me roruana employer. Disadvantage Is Marked. Th same view of the situation was taken by Milton Markewlts. prealdent of Bushong Company. "While we do not employ linotype operators," said Mr. Markewlts, "we are patrons of employ ers of linotype operatora In seeking business we are now laboring under the disadvantage of competing with firms In other cities where the scale Is from 10 to 11 I-J per cent lower than Is paid lino type operators In Portland. For the em ployers of this class of labor to yield to the demand for an Increase In th present seal of these operatives neces sarily means an Increased cost to us for this class of work. This will result In Increasing th coat of th product to the consumer and consequently make It mora difficult for Portland firms to ob tain business. Any attempt to enforc th demand made by the llnotypera will prove of serious concern to tha employ ing prlntera and the printing business Id Portland. The scale of wages now be ing paid la aa high aa the trade will stand. A further advanoe under th con ditions I hav described will work bavoo with th printing Industry her." Union Organiser Defines Foaltlon. "llnotyp operators are among the highest skilled mechanic, and we be lieve they should receive the highest pay." said Will K. Laly. state organiser for the National Typographical Union, laat night. "Their work la most ex acting and they should not only re ceive the Increased wage that Is asked but their hours of labor likewise should b shortened. "It Is needless to call attention to th fact that the cost of living Is now out of all proportion to the wages paid skilled mechanics. As a matter of ract. men employed aa printers were in more prosperous circumstances 10 years ago st the seal paid then than they are today. Th statement that llnotyp opera tors, employed in Job printing-shops In other cities of th Paclflo Coast, aro receiving lower wages than thos paid in Portland Is not true. In Seattle, for Instance. It Is undertaken to be shown that the workmen receive- ti cents a day lesa than Is paid her. Th fact la that the operatora In the Puget Bound city work only T H hours a day, while in Portland the same class of workmen are employed for eight hours. "I cannot foretell what action the Typographical Union will take In view of tha refuaal of employing prlntera to concede the increased wag that ha been asked." POWER PLANT IS BOUGHT Mount Hood Company Acquires Monarch Lumber riant. . . Kale of the power plant of th Mon arch Lumber Company to the Mount Hood Railway A Power Company was completed yesterday, although th transfer has not been made formally. The Monarch property will be used la connection with the new power plant of the Mount Hood company, now In course of construction on the Penin sula, to provlds energy to the light and power patrons In Portland and vicinity until the mammoth new hydraulic gen erating station at the Junction of the Bull Kun and Sandy Hirers is com pleted. The Peninsula plant was to hav been completed today. but considerable work remains yet to b done be for It can be placed In operation. As soon aa It la resdy for use the power generated there will be utilised AO serve Portland customers of the company, many of whom axe atnglng contracts. One firm already la receiving power from the plant of a Portland mill acting aa agent for the Mount Hood concern. By the time the big plant at the Sandy and Bull Hun Junction la ready for operation, officers of tha company hop the demands for aervlca will ba heavy enough to consume all ths cur rent generated. It will not b finished until lata In th Fait. Th Mount Hood Railway A Power Company's activity in th Monarch transaction has revived thv rumor that th concern also Is negotiating for tha purchase of the Inman-Poulaon mill site on the east river front, but Port land offlclaia deny any Intention to acquire that property. In the absence from the city of R. C Glllls. head of the company.' C B. Smith, chief engin eer, aays that no transaction of that kind la likely to be closed. Mr. Smith says that th company does not desire to buy th Inman-Poulson property, but that Mr. Glllls msy bo Interested In It for private purposes. Pioneer Albany Resident Dies. ALBA.VT. Or.. March 11. 'Special.) 3. H. Maine, a pioneer resident ef Al bany, died yesterday at the ag of 14 year. Ho cam to this city In th early TOs and was active In city affairs In early daya serving for some time as Justice of the Peace. About It years ago he went to Newport and resided there until three years ago. when he returned to Albany. He Is survived by one son. Usury Maine, of this city. Ultimatum Is Sent Festival As- sociation, Saying $2000 Is Not Enough. HOYT REFUSES TO GIVE President of Festival Body Declare Sum Asked Is -Too Great and Says Show Can Well Be Held With Less. The Portland . Rose Society wants an appropriation of fSAOO, which la $1000 more than Ralph W. Hoyt, pres ident of the Rosa Festival Associa tion, Is disposed to allow, before It will undertake to give th rose exhibit in connection with festival week this yesr. An ultimatum to that effect was sent Mr. Hoyt by Mrs. A. C. I'anton snd Mrs. John Mlntn, president and vice-president, respectively, of th so ciety, yesterday afternoon, following a meeting of th members oT th execu tive board and officers of the organ ization in th Chamber of Commerce building. "The amount already appropriated, 13000. la all we are able to allow for the exhibit." said Vr. Hoyt. "To date subscriptions for the festival amount to only about 130.000 and th calls for money are numerous. It is wanted here, and It is wanted there, and we will have to be economical In every war If we are to avoid a deficit. I would most certainly like to have the Tiearty co-operation of the Portland Hone Society, but If terms cannot do arranged I can see no reason why the exhibit should fall to materialise. I believe ther are enough public-spirited people In Portland willing to come for ward and assist-" In addition to demanding 13000 the officers of the Rose Society require that it be placed In a bank In advance and that they be allowed the entire management of the exhibit. All money not needed would, they say, be re turned to the festival association. A resolution passed by the society, demanding 13000, was sent Mr. Hoyt two months sgo, after he had wrltter a letter In which he offered 12000. Of ficers of the rose society declare that the experience of previous years has proved that th expense of -the rose exhibit is invariably In excess of $2000. In 1009. they declare. It cost 12600. Mr. Hoyt's letter, which the society answered with a request ffr $3000. Is aa follows: We hope to make the Rosa Testlval this year greater and grander than ever, and to accomplish the proper results, we must have the hearty co-operation of all those Inter aatsd In tha welfare of Portland aad the Northwest. . ,. tn order that tha annual floral exhibit made by the Koae Society shall be all that It deserves, the manmnt of th Hoe Festival ' has set asids ?000 to b ex panded by the Rose Society as It may see Ot. this amount of 1100 to be tha maximum amount for which owe obligate ourselves. In the event or a surplus m resiau snan revert to ths Kos Festival for futurs cele brations. It Is hoped and bllsvd that thla plan will accomplish tha very best results. The Rose Festival hae In Its possession at tha "dn" or workshop, many of th tables, benches and timber used by the Rose Society at th Armory laat year. This valuable asset will b at the disposal of tha Rosa Society free of cost. Believing that th Rose Society can. with good grace, solicit trophies and prise cups to be awarded at their show, we would be pleased to hava Its members undertake this feature of the work, but In lieu ot the $::0 cash allotment. It would be under stood that the Rose Society would not so licit nor accept funda for their exhibition. Will you pleas advise us by letter aa to your acceptance of the amount sat aside for th Rose Society's next rose exhibit, and oblige. The officers of tha Rosa Society have received no reply to their request for $3000. They any also that the lumber of which Mr. Hoyt speaks in his letter has already been paid for by the so ciety. Mr. Hoyt denies this and declares It Is worth from $400 to $500, which really makes the appropriation he la willing to give the society between $1400 and IJoOO. "It la unreasonable for eeople who know vlrtualy nothing of the financial end of the Festival to take such arbi trary action." said Mr. Hoyt. I have not yet received the ultimatum, which shows that ths Ros 'Society officers have repeated their action of last year, ronnlnu to the newspapers with their story before I hav been given an op nortnnltr to talk the difficulty over and possibly adjust It- As president I give my services gratis and am keep ing th Festival on a ousiness oasis, i beileve I know Just how much can be expended for this purpose and how much for that. WOMAN FAILS TO END LIFE Attempted Suicide In Secluded Park Spot Prove Failure. Mrs. Mabel Hoyt, It years old. at- tsmpted sulcids In a secluded spot nr . . . u rile Park at 1 tni oi i - - - - o'clock last night by shooting herself through me cneii wim m .-n revolver. It was said at St. Vincents Hospital last night that shs would re cover. Before shooting herself the young woman wrois av " . . u Tha ana nrini . - not asked th tinder not to Inform - . . - L -1. It.. .. nr grsnamomer, wim vtuuru ji.ou at 407 Couch atreet. until ner brotner. Lyman, who Js attending the University of Washington, was with her. She also aaia in i tie ni. . 1 . . r - Story knew her and asked the tinder to call up Mr. Thomson, a medical stu dent, at Main 1111, and Mrs. Nora Miller of 104 Montgomery street. Dr. George B. Story said last night Mrs. Hoyt had been a patient ot his for about two montna, out e auow i w... v. .. famiiv Me Thnmaon 1 1 k B U l I j . - - . telegraphed Mrs. Hoyt's brother at the University of Washington and be will b here today to tall the aged grand mother what happened. The grand mother with wnom mrs. noyi maue u home Is 13 years old. and it was feared last night that the shock might kill her. Mrs. Hoyt was divorced from her husband- two years ago. . Iter parents are dead. - i Glldden Tour to Start June It. NKW YORK. March 11. The oontest board of the American Automobile As sociation fixed today the data of th start of th 1111 National reliability tour, known as "the Ulldden reciprocity tour," for June 19. The cars will start from Washington. D. X and will finish st Ottaw.i. Ont- October 2. There will be a hlll-cllnibla; contest, the per formances of the cars to be a factor In determining th final awards. Th approximate distance of the tour la 1010 miles. Great Spring Opening Sale Today Any $35.00, $40.00, $45.00, $50.00, $55.QO and $60.00 Suit Made to Order at c-w- mm jfi Today Robert Douglass, the Tailor, will give you the free and unrestricted choice of any Suit in the store for $25. These Suits always sell regularly at $35, HO, Jt45 $50, $55 and $60. Today only you can make your own selection of any of them Thessortraent is the most varied in the Northwest, including the new Grays, Tans and Browns in the newest shades and weaves, Black and the U. b. Lrovernment Test Blue Serges. Every yard in the line is made in pure new wool. . . The broadest guarantee ever given by any merchant tailor goes with each suit and is this: Wear the Suit for 60 days, and if you are dissatisfied with it at the end of that time bring it back and your money will be refunded without question or quibble. .,." All Suits are mdde by skilled Union Labor in our own Sanitary Workshop in this city, and are as high in quality as it is possible to produce them. Union Label in Every Garment .... aKmiLmm WHY WE ADVERTISE We advertise in order to do more business. The more business we do, the cheaper we can sell it costing us no more to do $1000 worth of business than it costs the non-advertising merchant tailor doing $100 worth. . . REMEMBER that if you are in the market for a Suit during the next sixty or ninety days, you simply can't afford to pass by this great sale, because We Are Civing You Two Dollars' Worth of Suit Value for One Dollar in Cash ROBERT DOUGLASS, The Tailor rw,, Rv,ninM Until 9:30 1 25 Fifth St, Near Washington . - a w I" I ' " SSLIS I CDLLUSiDN IS Court Denies Divorce When Husband and Wife Agree. WAY TO BE MADE HARDER Wife, Alleging Xon-Snpport, Is Told by Judge Gantenbeln That Law Provides Other Remedy Mis rnated Couples Separated. That mutual agreement between mar tied persons that one should obtain a divorce from the other without a con test will not ba tolerated by the courts when tha fact Is known waa decided yesterday when Presiding- Judge Gant enbeln denied to E. A. Barlow a divorce from Lola M. Barlow, tha suit being based on the ground of desertion. Bar low admitted that his wilt had con sented to tha divorce. Tha state law prohibits divorces whera tbsre Is collusion. There was tendency on the part of the court yesterday to make the secur ing of divorces a Uttla more difficult than usual. .This was made evident to Francis Oskar Qrondland, who asked for di vorce on the ground of desertion, say ing that his wife. Carolina J. Orond land. had refused to live with him In Finland, and has refused to return with a . V. - TT n It mA ct.tL Tha court took tha case under advisement. Madeline Alaaaox may aiso uu in til.. K - A Ivnri. aha aakeri for ves- lerday, for her plea of non aupport was not ravorea oy uago uautcuuoui, told her that another remedy besides divorce was provided by law for non annnort rases. He took her case under advisement, also. Ellen Ray Hume ootainea a, oivorce yesterday from John S. Hume, with kl. Hlenateh Her divorce complaint was filed "Wednesday, and her divorce was gTKmea jrMieru.j. They were married In San Francisco. Msy 29. 111. and she told the court that her husband had deserted her In November, 1909, and is now living In Curry County, Oregon. a a i nm w-m .rented i Grace Tn- nls from Warren H. Innls for desertion. They wera married in Boise, Idaho, Sep tember 11. 1U. O"0 CIISXKOU hoi uue- band, also, with being cruel. W. J. Peck obtained a divorce from Mary A. Peck as a result of her deserting him November 15, In Kansas, six tyimir ware marrlad. Lola Frances Wood was divorced from Jul ius M. Wood when sna provea mat im had been in tha habit of getting drunk t nia.,.,Hiie her. Ttiav were mar ried in Multnomah Coupty, July 10, 1907. Oscar B. uay was aivorceu irum Barbetta M. Day. He testified that she .-a j..uuil him in ftantember. 1907. They were married in Tacoma, July 6, 1904. C. H. Massey testified that his wife . k M m , k h.vii nf remainlnsr nftu umu " . - - . away from him nights and had final ly left and returnea to mo num. w father in St. Johns, absut a year ago. Ai.nreejt rrnm YL FL Massey. They were married in Portland. Janu ary 27. I"08 jarojine m. nuu.ut obtained a divorce from X C Houtch ens after telling the court that her . . -ueA44 her tha same month they were married. July. 1905. Valla B. Smith received a uivurco xrum Phillip A. Smith, who. was charged by his wife with cruelty. They were married at St. Johns. February 14, 1906. Julia B. Kolts told a pitiful tale of cruelty and a divorce from Levi Kolts was granted her. Thev were married at Grand Rapids, Mich, May 28, 1892, and have two chil dren. PRIZE STORY REPRINTED Kailroad Will Distribute Copies of "Where Rolls the Oregon." Copies of Walter V. Woehlke's story, "Where Rolls the Oregon," which won the second prize of $500 In the Com mercial Club's contest, are being dis tributed by the passenger department of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. and the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon. . The story appeared originally in the November number of Sunset magazine, and at that time v.as featured by the editors of that publication. It Is Illus trated with four-color pictures, most of them of Oregon views and Oregon scenery. Tha text Is descriptive of the advantages and resources of the state. One of the illustrations Is a harbor scene in Portland, with a ship flying the British flag In the foreground. Several Central Oregon views are pre sented. The footplece is a panel picture of the buildings at tha Oregon Agri cultural College. Grants Pass Welcomes Colonists. GRANTS PASS, Or., March 31. (Spe cial ) Grants Pass bears the distinc tion of being one of the best and cleanest cities of ta size in Southern Oregon. The colonists and homeseek ers arriving here are outspoken in their praises of the country and pro- I. - . nn-T. tn ha one filled with .,nrrM and development. With the advent of paved streets, cement sidewalks along tne suDuman ways, the population has awakened to realize that in the dally effairs life has be come more cosmopolitan and In spirit of the times. POLIVKA FUNERAL IS HELD Masons Conduct Services Over Body of Former Lodge Treasurer. The funeral of Joseph Pollvka, the widely known tailor, was held yester day afternoon. Columbia Lodge No. 114, Masons, of which Mr. Pollvka was for 15 years treasurer, first held serv ices at the Masonic Temple. Treasurer Polivka's chair was occupied by his life-size, portrait, draped In crepe. The members of the lodge, nearly all of whom were present, then went In a body to the residence, 715 Corbett street, where Dr. T. L. Eliot preached the funeral sermon. Following this the lodge again took charge, held its service, and conducted the body to the grave, in Rivervlew Cemetery. The services at the grave were also in charge of tlje lodge. At this service 150 wera present. The pall bearers were all past-masters of the lodge. The active pall-pear-ers were: Paul Chamberlain, Hopkins) Jenkins. Willis Fisher, B. S. Pague. Joseph P. Healy and George F. Robert son. The honorary pall-bearers were) Walter Haines and Edwin L. Rltter. Many flowers were banked about tha : coffin during the service at the house. Al Kader Temple sent a floral pleca , made In the form of Its emblem, tha saber; Columbia Lodge sent a large wreath of flowers; the Merchant Tailor Exchange sent a wreath; the Scottish Rite Masons sent a large triangle of flowers, and Polivka's employes, some of whom have worked for him 25 years, sent a large pillow of flowers. Danville Threatened by Flrer" DANVILLE, 111.. March 81. FIra which for several hours today threat ened the retail district of this city, de- : stroyed the Stahl-Urban overall fac tory on North Hazel street, valued at $175,000. The factory employs 150 men, 1 and girls. "Weather conditions are now ideal to VISIT:-: NORTH :-: PLAINS and look over our town lots and acreage. Tracts of 1 to 10 acres ' suitable for BEEEY FARMS P0TOTRY FAEMS FRUIT FARMS TRUCK GARDENS Fast electric trains over United Railways leave city terminus at Second and Stark streets directly in front of our office. Round-trip excursions Sunday. Call or write for particulars regarding best investment on the market. , RUTH :-: TRUST :-: COMPANY 235 Stark St., Corner Second. . a ASK G ROGER FOR r P alcer s WALTER Established 1780 Caracas Sweet Chocolate IT is DELIOIOUS Just the right Combination of high grade cocoa, pure sugar and vanilla to please the taste Sold in 18 lb. and 14 lb. packages BE SURE THAT YOU GET " BAKER'S " WITH THE TRADE-MARK ON THE PACKAGE f . BAKER & CO. LTD. DORCHESTER, MASS.