Morning Oregonian., April 07, 1911, Page 15, Image 15

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REALTY BOARD TO
BE MORE ACTIVE
Honor of Profession to Be
Guarded and Unscrupulous
Ones Weeded Out.
BUILDING CODE DISCUSSED
Defense and Criticism Heard at In
angaral Banquet lw Most Be
Dereloped - With Need of
City, Say Speaker.
Aa nrtMlT campaign for naw mem
bers combined wtto a man active parti
cipation la Important public questions
waa outlined at the annual Inaugural
dinner of the Portland Realty Board,
held at the Commercial Club last night.
It waa declared to be the future purpose
of the Board to maintain the honor of
the profession as a whole and to weed
oat unscrupulous real estate dealena
There was a large attendance of mem
bers and several architects were present
to hear and take part In a discussion of
the new dry bulldln code, which has
been severly criticised tn rartous quar
ters.. Horace E. Plnmmer, City Building In
spector, made an address on the ."
showing that It Is an Improvement over
the old ordinance tn Its (eneral effect
and outlining some amendments that are
proposed where certain provisions have
been found too drastic In actual opera
tion. Ffre llaaard Reduced.
Tba effect of the ordlnanoa la to In
crease protection to life by reducing;
the fire hazard." eaid Mr. Ptummer.
-The new code was declared by repre
sentatives of the National Board of
Fire rnderwrlters. who were recently
in this city, to bo eminently satisfac
tory. "Statistics for ftva years ended with
11 show an trtrtf annual loss of
K-JO.OOO from fire In Portland. This Is
13.71 per capita per annum. The cost
of maintaining the ftre department,
which will be $430,000 thla year, should
be added to this sum. This brings the
per capita expense up to $S.T4 without
taking account of the large sums paid
out for Insurance, whlrb might be legi
timately considered. This coat falls on
the whole people, and anything that
tends to lessen the fire loss, cuts down
the expense of operating the fire de
partment and reduces Insurance ratea
Is for the benefit of alL
The old ordinance waa admittedly
defective and far behind the times.
While the new law Is a step In advance,
some questions have arisen that show
the necessity for altering It In some
particulars. It Is expected that the pro
posed modifications will be placed be
fore the Council at the next meet Inc.
and the relief asked for granted with
little delay."
ItDproTMnents Are Cited.
Mr. Plummer called attention to some
of the Improvements contained In the
new rode, citing the provision requir
ing fire-proof Incisures for stairways,
elevator shafts and corridors, regula
tions affecting stairways, provisions
establishing an inner district In the
fire limits where only fireproof hulM
Inss may be erected, requiring that all
school baUdtncs must bo fireproof,
limiting the height of any building to
I feet and creating a boar of appeal
with power to modify the application
of any section of the code where it
might appear that Its strict enforce
ment wonld be unjust.
'Already it has been found that the
section applying to nickelodeons must be
amended." said Mr. Plummer. 'When the
new code was drawn most of the Isrger
motion-picture theaters hsd seating
capacity of 250 to 200. and the largest
had capacity of 400. Now a motion
picture houso Is to be built to seat $00.
snd the code must be altered to fit the
changed conditions, and to provide for
the immediate future.
"Some six or eight buildings of various
kinds are now held np because of appar
ent unfair requirements la the code, and
It Is expected that the charges pro
Dosed will result In these structures be
ing erected.
The code waa attacked by T. I Wil
liams, architect, who declared It arbi
trary and Impractical tn many re
spects, "It la copied after the Cleve
land. 0 code." said Mr. Williams.
"Cleveland baa alleys: Portland has
none.- Stairways that are required
wonld come out In allays In Cleveland,
while here they would come out In the
air.
Anomalies Are Asserted.
"The code prohibits the building of
galleries tn stores of less than certain
dimensions. I have In mind a store
where the owner Is prohibited from
building a gallery. Tet. under the law.
he may All his store with Inflammable
stock of any sort from floor to celling.
"It appears that the rode contains
many provisions that require attention
from a committee."
"Nothing ever happened tn Portland
that has hsd such a blighting effect
on building and real estate operations."
said C H. Korell. real estate broker.
"If we cannot obtain a radical revision
In any other way. I propose that a
measure be Initiated for repeal of the
lasr." Mr. Kortkl cited Instances where
proposed building projects had failed
because of the added expense of con
struction. "The new cede Is the result of five
years' work." said A. E. Doyle. 'While
perhaps It Is not perfect. It perhaps was
not Intended to be perfect. Such a meas
ure must be a growth, to be amended
from time to time. We are building fine
fire-proof offire buildings down town
where we stsr perhsps six or eight
hours la the day time. At night we go
home t apartment-houses that are the
most miserable ft re traps that could be
devised. It Is simply Inviting a horrible
catastrophe to permit construction of
swh apartment-houses as have been
erected in this city. The new code Is
rslru;atd to correct a large part of this,
and wltl do so. It ran readily be amend
ed where experience demonstrated
amendment necessary."
Life Ma.t Be Guarded.
"Investors who build apartment
houses and hotels of coarse look to the
percentage of . Income." aald Ernest
Kroner. "It Is well that investors be
protected, but more Important than
) per cent or It per cent or 19 per
rent Is the safety -of human life, and no
price la too much to pay for It. I have
In mind an apartment-house that
caught lire from without. The occu
pants were rescued In their night dress
by firemen and sailors. I made an
examination of this house and I am
convinced that If the Ore had started
Inside the house no power could have
saved more thsa a few of those within."
W. IL Charm appointed a committee
consisting of C. H. Korell and H. W.
fries to co-operate with architects and
the elty authorities In suggesting
amendments to the code.
John F. Carroll, editor of the Evening
Telegram, made sn address diseasing
the relation or nne reanv
press. lie referfed to the dispatches that
went out from Tacoma telling how Colo
nel Rooeevelt spoke to people In
the eadlum there. He declared that
Portland's facilities for holding a largs
public meeting were pitiful by compari
son, and that tha advertising derived
from such an Incident would be worta
almost the cost of an auditorium.
J. 8. Winters msde an Interesting sd
dreaa'on the need of more apartment
houses In Portland, sind V. Vincent Jones
outlined a plan for regeneration of the
Reslty Board, which waa generally ap
proved. President Fries appointed committees
ss follows: Executive. S. Steel. C T.
Frail. A. J. Gantner: programme. D.
Parker Bryon. Ben Rlesland. J.. Fred
Larson: excursion. H. W. Fries, other
members to be nsmed by himself; re
juvenate f the board. George B. Cel
lar. Edw.u r. linker. Charles Rlpgler.
Fleming & Hidden and the Oowen
Ide Trust Company were elected members.
F
MAX THINKS IS ROBBED,
BUT "ROLL" IS rOCXD,
prisoner Three Times Searched, All
but Tnrnert Wrong Side Out,
Still Baa Dollar Left.
Legerdemain and money-Juggling-kept
Patrolmen Thompson and Flack
busy the early part of last night,
searching prisoners and caused both to
wonder If their eyes deceived them.
A drunken man staggered Into the
station at 8 o'clock, saying he had been
robbed of $80. He waa too much under
the Influence of liquor to give an ac
count of himself and. thinking he might
have the money abont his person.
Thompson and Flack searched him.
His pockets were rummsged and every
conceivable place were money might
be concealed was gone through.
The officers gave It up and were be
lieving the story when Flack noticed
the corner of a bill protruding from the
bottom of the roan's trouser leg. He
gave It a pull and the roll came out.
and the $ was Intact. The man had
missed his pocket and the roll caught
In the sesm of the band on his trousers,
and stuck there while he wandered
about through the North End. (
No sooner was this man out of the
station, for the near-loss of an ISO roll
sobered him. than Sergeant Golts sent
Neal Daugherty. drunk, to the station.
The usual search was msde and Dangh
erty's capital was registered as $1.25.
Ten minutes later a trusty told Thomp
son that Daugherty had money. Daugh
erty was taken out of his cell and
searched again and his financial stand
ing waa rated $3 higher as a result.
Thompson hsd no mors than finished
telling that Daugherty had been
"cleaned" by the second sesrch than
Daugherty kicked up a rumpus In his
cell because he had lost a silver dollar,
which rolled under a board. The dol
lar was recovered and Daugherty was
stripped and all put turned wrong side
oat- The officers were satisfied that
he had no more, but as they locked the
door. Daugherty yelled through the
bars that he hsd another dollar and
he had .
GUILFORD TO GETPARDON
WIFE IXTKRVEXES It MAV
WHO TKIta TO BRIBE JlJtY.
Governor Decide to Give Cneondl
" tlonal freedom to Young
Confessed CrlmlnaL
SALEM. Or, April (.(Special.) Aa
a birthday present Governor West has
decided to present Howard Guilford,
who was convicted of being connected
with attempted Jury bribing tn the trial
of W. Cooper Morris, banker, of Port
land, with a pardon and to allow him
to leave the Penitentiary and the state
If he so desires, the pardon being un
conditional. Guilford's wife intervened with the
Governor In the behalf of the young
man and begged that he be allowed to
return to his home In the East. "I
know he Is guilty." she said, "and he
admits It and perhaps he should serve
out his term, but his birthday Is com
ing soon and his father has sent us
enough money so we can return home
and I want to go home."
Under these persuasions the Gov
ernor said he decided to grant a par
don. "A firm of Portland attorneys
had told the young wife they could
secure a pardon for her husband. I sup
pose under the condition of a round
fee, and they asked that the pardon be
sent to them. But this I refused to
do and will send the pardon to Mrs.
Guilford."
The attorneys wrote to the Governor
and stated- that they had strongly ad
vised Guilford against accepting a par
don under such circumstances and the
Governor says that ths letter from the
attorneys was sufficient In itself to
cause him to Issue the pardon to Mrs.
Guilford.
ALLIANCE IS CEMENTED
IT AM AX KtVG TELLS GERMAN
PRI'CE IT BRIXGS rEACE.
Dinner Given lYederlck William at
Rome Made Occasion for Boom
of Triple Alliance.
ROME. April t. Friendly exchanges
marked ths dinner given, by the king
and queen tonight In honor of Crown'
Prince Frederick Wl'heira and the
Crown Princess, who came here to pre
sent the congratulations of the German
Emperor and Empresa on the octaslon
of the Italian jubilee. Covers were laid
for 100.
In toasting the German sovereigns.
King Victor Emmanuel said the visit
of the Crown Prince and Prlncesa dur
ing so Important a celebration was a
manifestation of the Intimate friend
ship between Italy and Germany, 'uni
ted by many past events and by a
common clvlilrtng mission which never
would fall. German and Italian unity,
he said, together with the triple alli
ance. Insured a long period of peace
In Europe.'
The Crown Prince. In reply, recalled
the first visit of William the Great, to
Victor the Great at Milan. In 1875.
when the former had said the meeting
was an historic event, as both sov
ereigns hsd been put by God at the
head of two nations, each of which hsd
become unified In a lengthy struggle.
The German people and the Em
peror, said the Crown Prince, take sin
cere Interest in the destiny of the allied
Italian people and earnestly hope for
long prosperity and happiness under
the glorious sceptre of the House of
Savoy.
rOT breatltre. whlcH draws the Mood
from th brain to the tuns. one of lbs
most effective curie for Ineotnsis.
AUTO GLOB TO HID
$500 Donated for Road Con
struction in Cowlitz.
CITY MAY GIVE $2500
Action Reflect Friendly Attitude of
Portland Toward Southwestern
Washington Ixcal Clnb In
Good Financial Shape.
At Its annual meeting last night ths
Portland Automobile Club subscribed
1500 towards the construction of the road
at Carroll's Point, in CowllU County.
Washington, after an appeal was made
by State Senator Stewart, of Kelso, for
aid from the people of Portland- The
club waa not only willing to make the
libera donation, but It will assist Mr.
Stewart In securing funds from other
sources for the project. A committee of
five will be appointed by Acting Presi
dent Clemens and It la expected that
1:500 will be raised among the business
men of the city.
"Southwestern Washington feels more
friendly to Portland now than ever ne
fore," ssld Mr. Stewart. "The Washing
ton Legislature saw fit to defeat the
Faclflo highway project through the In
fluence of Seattle and other cities of
our state, because they were afraid that
such a highway would benefit Portland
more than Seattle. The people of our
section feel that Portland Is our friend.
We want to do more business with
It than ever before. The .road at Car
roll's Point Is seven-eighths completed.
It will take 1 10.000 to complete tho work.
What assistance you can give us will
be of great benefit to us aa well aa to
Portland later."
Portland Opportunity Seen.
Lewis Russell, H. M. Covey snd Julius
L. Meier declared that It was Portland'
opportunity to cement business rela.
tlona with Southwestern Washington and
that the contribution of $500 would ba
one of the first Important moves to that
end.
The board of directors elected for tha
year are as follows: H. M. Covey, W. J.
Clemens. R. D. Inman. H. L. Keats.
John S. Beali. Oliver K. Jeffrey, Frank
C. Rlggs. George Clarke aid T. L Potter.
The reports of the various officers
and committees were submitted and ap
proved. In the absence of M. C Dick
Inson. president. Vice-President Clemen
presided over the meeting.
In a review of the work of the club
for the past year, the president's re
port showed that many important
things were accomplished. The mem
bership was substantially Increased,
and the club waa placed In sound
financial condition. The amount In the
treasury a year ago was $1600. The
cash on hand at present Is $321$. In
addition to the cash assets, the club
owns 28 acres on the Sandy road val
ued at $000, and also has telephone
bonds worth $2000. The total assets
are therefore more than $13,000.
Clnb Fixing; Many Roads.
The club has been constantly to the
fore 1n agitating the construction of
good roads. By co-operating with the
County Court plans have been decided
upon for the oiling of at least a doxen
roada leading into the city. Among
these roads that are to be treated with
oil this Spring are Foster road. Base
Line road. Powell Valley road. Oregon
City road. Milwaukie road, Russellville
road, Falrvlew-Gresham road, Kt.
Helens road. Canyon road and White
House road.
Through tha initiative of the club
one of the Important street Improve
ments thst Is to be undertaken this
month is the re-surfacing of Seventh
street between Park and Burnetii
streets. The contract has been let by
the city, and It Is announced that work
la to be started at once.
It Is the purpose of the club to help
the good-roads moveent In every wny
possible. As that is one of the object
of the organization, a campaign will be
made at once to Increase the member
ship In order to enlist the support of
ss many automobile-owners as possible
for the good roada cause.
FRUIT CROP FACING CRISIS
Willamette Valley Output Mar Fall
If Frost Come Now.
SALEM, Or,. April . (Special.)
That the next two weeks Is the vital
period for the fruit Industry in the
Willamette Valley, and If frost cornea
fruit here will be a failure, is the
statement made tonight by C. L. Dick,
manager of the Salem Fruit Union.
Cold rains, he declares, will also
prove disastrous for the prune crop,
as pollination will be prevented. Owing
to these conditions, fruitgrowers are
watching weather conditions carefully
and are fearful of indications of cold
which have developed during the past
few dsys.
fietrooofflaflS isirance Col
ii s, ,
OF NEW YORK
JOHN R. HEGEMAN, President
Insurance Superintendent's Report
The New York Insurance Department has had the Company under examination, pursuant to law, for about
niteen monms. Alter mis exammauuu uic guwiuicuutui, iusmauxv
THOROUGHNESS. "It is thought that no Company of
this character under the supervision of any Insurance Depart
ment in the United States has ever been so thoroughly
examined by such a Department"
- PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. "The claims received aver
aged from 600 to 800 each working day; the percentage of
rejections is small, being in 1909 less than one-half of one
per cent."
CAREFUL INVESTMENTS. "On an investment of
$100,000,000 in real estate mortgages this Company now
holds through foreclosure but one piece of realty."
twtittstptaT. POLICIES AT COST. "On this basis
this Company, from all of its departments, added to its
surplus in 1909, after setting aside in that year as a
liability its dividends and bonuses for 1910, about $800,000;
in other words, the volume of its business being considered,
seems to have furnished insurance substantially at cost" (
PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT. The Department
Report shows during the last five years :
Reduction in the ratio of expense to premium income. . 7.13
Reduction in the ratio of lapse to issue 1036
Reduction of cancellations in first year of insurance. . 8.92
Ordinary Department
In 1910 the Company placed Ordinary Insurance np to the Limit of the Law
' and was obliged to hold back hundreds of thousands of dollars of insurance by reason of the New York statute limiting
amount in any one year.
MORAL Get in early this year and avoid the rush at the end. Best plans; cheapest tteit&j& wttL-vu
g-sl lemollt!oL on promise of repayment in dividends, but is left in the pockets of tha
insured by reduction of premium.
Industrial Department
Deer Band Near Klamath.
KIiAMATH FAJLLS. Or.. April 6.
(SpeclsL) Keven mule-tail deer within
six miles of Klamath Falls and within
100 yards of a greatly-traveled road
and but a few hundred yards from two
houses were seen at daylight Sunday
moraine; west of here by four men on
their way to Bpencer Creek. Those
composing the perty were A. C. 'U'ren,
A. l Stanley and R. Vance Hutchlns
and Walter Egjorth. Instead of run
ning away when they saw the men ap
proaching, the deer stood and watched
the Intruders who were less than 100
yards away.
BltT Chorus to Assemble.
CKNTRALJA. Wash.. April . (Special.)
Three hundred accompllnhed German
singers will tske part In a concert to be
given by the Uederkrana or singing so
ciety in either centralis or Chehalls June
X The singers will come from sll psrts
of the state, and many will come from
Oregon. The concert will be under the
direction of Dr. Carl Fitser. a. Oentralia
musician and composer, who was gradu
ated from the Lelpsic Conservatory of
Music
Fprlnjrfleld Gives Phone Grant.
BFRINGFIEUX Or, April & (Special.)
The Springfield Coimcil last evening
granted the Pacific States Telephone
Telegrsph Company I a franchise to op
erste lines In Springfield. The franchise
gives the company the use of sll streets
and alleys fnr poles. The city gets the
ue of five phones free and the present
ten-party lines must be chsnged so that
no more than four parties will be on the
same line.
Rice Expert at Stay ton.
WIUT OTAYTON. Or.. April C-(Spe-i
r v. fhambliss. Government rice
expert, of the United States Department j
of Agriculture, waa nere yesieraay to
look over lands being put under Irrlgs
tl on. With the manager of the Willam
ette Valley Irrigated Land Company he
Inepected several tracts, selecting one
OLD POLICIES. A bonus has been declared to
Industrial policy-holders amounting to nearly
SIX MIIXIONS OF DOLLARS
payable in 1911 on Whole Life and Increasing Life and
Endowment policies issued prior to 1907, which bonuses give
reduction of premiums varying, according to period of per
sistence, from
EIGHT TO ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. .
The Company added not one dollar to 'surplus at the
end of 1910 out ot-income irom inausuuu puuss.
NEW POLICIES. The benefits on policies issued since
January 1, 1907, are over
TWENTY PER CENT. GREATER
than the benefits promised by policies issued previously.
In the last eighteen years it has declared
TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
in voluntary bonuses over and above all requirements
of policies. ' '
Welfare Work for Policy-holders
Extracts from the Report of the Superintendent of Insurance oi ine oiaxe oi new ur.
TTo summary of this examination of tne Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company would be complete which omitted
reference to certain agencies for social service which it has
inaugurated and is now conducting."
"CAMPAIGN" AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. Among
the activities of this Company begun since the Armstrong
investigation is its participation in the nation-wide crusade
against tuberculosis. As to policy-holders, its work has thus
far been confined to the dissemination of the literature of
prevention and instruction; a work which its great Agency
force and close contact with the industrial classes makes
easy, as well as effective.- As a matter of mere business
economics, the Company's activities in this direction entitle
it to the approval of the Department.'!
"NTTRSING SYSTEM. About two years ago this
Company inaugurated a system whereby trained nurses
would, upon request, be sent to the homes of sick or
bedridden policy-holders in its Industrial Department. ...
While this service has been but recently established, and
while, therefore, the examiners are in some doubt as to
its ultimate effectiveness either from the standpoint of saving
the lives of policy-holders or minimizing unhealthy condi
tions, no one can make a personal investigation into what
has already been done -without being profoundly impressed
with, not only the economic, but, more, the beneficent value
of the work. Numerous cases where lives have been saved
are already on record. Many instances showing improve
ment in home conditions due to the visits of the nurses
are known.'! ,
Largest Company in the World
The largest amount of insurance in force of any Company in the world-$2,2l 5.85 1. 388, covering ll. 288,054 policies.
- In 1 9 1 0 the Company made the largest gain in insurance In force of any Company in the world.
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. . $313,988,334.00 Paid to 1'olicy-noiaers ana xxeia ior x ueir
285,246,250.36 Security, - - - $605,394,613
i iw-a
, ME. ALFRED T. BONNE Y, Supt.
Suite 504 Rothchild Building, 4th and Washington Sts., Portland, Oregon.
Assets
Liabilities,
which he thinks will be suitable for rice-growlng-.
. ,
, C Madras Franchise Asked.
MADRAS. ' Or April 6. (Special.)
At a special meeting of the City Coun
cil A. E. Hammond made application
for 60-year electric light and power
franchise In Madras. Mr. Hammond
said work' on the power station would
ba commenced Immediately, and that it
wonld be ready to supply current with
in 0 days after the franchise is grant
ed. The franchise rwill .be up for final
action April 10. ' n
Hoquiam Secretary Resigns.
HOQUTAM. Wash.. April . (Special.)
M. C. Harris, secretary of the Commer
cial Club, resigned today, his xwigna
tlon to be effective at once. Mr. Harris
urges that his successor be able to give
at least half bis time to the work of the
club, which does not employ a man for
all of hia time.
At special session of the Aldermen
yesterday, bids on J90.000 bonds to be
Issued for a municipal water system,
were opened. The bid of Ulen & Com
pany. Chicago brokers, was accepted.
The bonds are to run for 20 years with
sn option on the part of the city to re
deem them at the expiration of 10 years.
Cltv Attorney Derby advised the city
authorities that they could only accept
bids on the 10-year basis of redemption.
Morris & Company, of Portland, offered
a premium of J2727 on a 20-year six per
cent bond, which, though the highest bid
received, had to be refused because of
the City Attorney's ruling. The Chicago
brokers give a premium of $650 on their
bid on 10-year six per cent bonds. Ordl-
nances were passed at the Monday night
meeting of the council providing for the
paving of 15 blocks within tho fire
limits.
The largest aqueduct tn use. is the Croton.
of New York, which la 38 mi lea long, but
the longest ever built Is in Peru. 860 miles
In lenKth.
Xelialem Road to Be Graded.
ASTORIA. Or.. April 6. (Special. )
The County Court at today's session
awarded a contract to Matt Kampy for
clearing and-gradlng about three miles
of the main road from this city to the
Nehalem Valley, the contract price being
JS.S0 a rod. The work is to be completed
on or before September 1.
i 1
Astoria Postal Receipts Grow.
ASTORIA. Or.. April fi. (Special.)
The report .of Posttnsster Csrney, for the
fiscal year ending on March 31. shows
that the receipts of the local office from
the sales of stamps and stamped paper
amounted to $:9.206 against $25,944 for
the previous yesr, an Increase of $3261.
Hood Klver Bonds Bought.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. April (Special.)
FREE EXCURSION
E.T
SUNDAY
TO
ErrolHei
(ilits
C'asadero Uae.
See Saturday Ores;anla
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The 'FAT
'from the-FLOWER
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Which would you prefer to put in your stomach
a fat such as lard, direct from the h6g, or a vegeta
ble product such as C3ttohne that is pure, healthful
and easily digestecir
Besides" being healthful, C otto km h a cleanly product.
From Cotton field 'to Kitchen -human hands never touch the oil
irom wiiicii jutiuicuc jo ludUL. "
packed In patent air-tight tin pails never sold
in bulkand is absolutely protected from air,
dust and contamination.
We guarantee Cottolene to be fresh and satis
factory, or authorize your grocer to refund your
money. Under such conditions why take chances
with hog lard or any imifation of Cottolene f
Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
Nature's Gilt from the Sunny South