TTIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, ArRIIi 15. 1911.
WORLD
REGDRD
GUN DRILL MADE
Second Section of First In
fantry " Platoon Wins
Honors at Vancouver.
36 SECONDS IS TIME MADE
Within This Brief Space Section
Rons One Hundred Yards, Fires
On Shot. Reassemble iun
and Iako Its Return.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash..
April 14. Special.) A world's record
fur a machine run platoon drill was
made on the post athletic field today,
when the second section of the Ma
china Gun Platoon of the First In
fantrr ran 100 yards, fired one shot,
reassembled the sun. and ran 100
Tarda back to the point of starting In
Ji aeconl.t. The old record of 3 J-6
seconds was established by the same
platoon here last year.
The record performance was wit
nessed toJay by practically every of
ficer and soldier in the post, and by
several hundred spectators. The first
and second sections of the Machine
Gun I'latoon were In competition.
When all was in readiness a shot by
the starter was sounded and the two
sections lamped Into action. The Run
was on the bark of the Run mule of
each section. One mule, ridden by a
Corporal, ran ahead of the srun mule,
and the other men of the platoon were
hanging- to the run mule, one man
hanging on for dear life to the ani
mal's talL When the 100-yard line
was crossed, the mules stopped, the
men pulled off the run. set It up on
the around, fired one shoe picked It
up. packed it on the mule's back,
turned and ran back to the point of
startle?.
W orld's Record Broken.
The five stop watches on the event
showed that the second section had
established a world's record, beating
oven Its own time of SS 1-5 made a
year ago.
When the men learned that a record
had been made their enthusiasm was
unbounded and they threw their hats
Into the air and cried and cheered for
Joy. '
The men making- this remarkable
record are Corporal J. Walters, on mule
".May": and Privates Walter I Riley.
William Lance. James Baker. James M.
Osment: Sergeant Lawrence has charge
of the section and Is seen at the right
holding his stop watch.
The Machine Gun Platoon la in com
mand of Lieutenant L. L Bamuelson,
who haa had charge of their training.
He Is well pleased with the manner In
which the men handled themselves and
the wonderful record they have estab
lished. He did not expect that the time
of last year would be lowered. There
Js a feeling of elation throughout the
post over the event.
Field Day I Held.
This was the annual Spring field day
and each of the 14 organisations had
one or more contestants In the 1
vents. In the military events. Com
pany D. First Infantry, won two firsts
and a second; C Company won a first,
and F Company. Engineers, won a first
and a third.
In the athletic events F Company.
First Infantry, won two firsts; O Com
pany, a first and a second, and E Com
pany, a first.
The scores made by the contestants
follow:
Slttad drill A corporal and "
rrmln a squad. Thirteen squads drill
ing.:: Company first. D Compmar . eeuno.
and t. Company third.
Parkins contest A mule was parkrt vn
two aaks of oat. Company D wn fir.:
time. I minute 43 - seconds: Company
X second, and Company T. ErKlneera. intra.
Packing; contest by tha machine mm r.
toon First woo tT the Second Section.
vatee Crumrtne. Wllty and Riley: time. 1
tnlnnte and 4 seconds: second, t-econd Sec
tion Machine Oun -4'latoon Corporal Ch-ane
and Private Foster and H'fner.
SSe;ter tent pitrhlnc First, Company F.
Tnctneer. Prrrate Bowyer and Hoback;
ttm. I mlnut 3 seconds, won on f-rmi
Compear H second. Prlratea Hesa and t :
tlr Company M, Private Curtiaa ana
Hail. .
Conical wall tent pltchlns. rrn men and
a corporal la earn tam or squad Won by
Company r. First Infantry. Corporal Wat
eon and squad: time. 3 minutes and 21 2-5
-ond: second. Company a. Sergeant Co
wer and squad: time. 2.23: third. Company
M. Corporal t.unter and squad: time. 3:3K
10t-jard dash Won by Private Murphy.
Company F: time. lO 2- cord; second.
TTtvate Darcv. Company O: third. Private
X-Kinney, Company K.
Putting 1-pound shot First. Corporal
Xldd. of Company I. Si feet and T Inchee;
sxend. Private Wllty. Machine nun Pla
toon: third. Private Palmer. Company A
2Mk-vard dub First. Private Murphv. r
Company; time. 24 e-concls: serond. Private
P. K gmtlh. M Company: third. Private
P.gsn. O Company.
120-yard high hurdles Flist. Private
Stanley, of E Comptny; time. IS seconds:
second. Private Welsh. B Company; third.
Ir1rat Osment. Marhlna Gun platoon.
Throwing IS-pound hammer First. Pri
vate Hinds. C Company; record. 102 feet
T' laches- second. Corporal KM'L I Com
pany: third. Private Palmer. A Company.
Low hurdle First. private Darcy. O
Company. 24 econd: second. Private Swee
iy. it Company; third. Private Eerunaa. F
Company. Engineers.
One-mil bicycle race Privet !cK:nney.
JC Company: time. 3 minute IS seconds a sec
ond. Private Flnnlcan. B Company; third,
fccbnnberger. F Company. Engineers.
Pol vault First. Private Welsh. R Com
pany; feet; second. Private Hinds, C Com
pany. Running high Jump First. Private Glbeon.
7: Compeny: feet 3 inches: second. Mu
sician Ort man. G Company: third. Corporal
Kav. r Company. Pnslneer.
Standing broad Jump Flret, Stanley. E
Company; S feet 1 Inches: second. Private
T:. S. Smith. H Company: third. Prlvat
Vents, li Company.
Captain MathewA. Reasoner. of the
medical department, was In charge of
the meet, and the Judgea Included Lieutenant-Colonel
James S. Rogers, Lieutenant-Colonel
Van Pusen. Captain Off
ley. Lieutenants Starkey. Mitchell.
Rucker. Whitley and Phil Upson.
Lieutenant Burnett was clerk of the
course and he was assisted by Lieuten
ants Budd. Scofleld and Spencer. Lieu
tenant Jewett was starter and Lieuten
ant Hatie was announcer. The time
keepers were Lieutenants Wells. Daley
and f'aziarc.
The weather waa ideal, the air being
ccc and crisp and Invigorating, but
withal pleasant and the sun waa shin
ing hrlghtly. The First Infantry band
furnished riusic throughout the morn
ing. The meet began at :1S o'clock
and was carried through without Inter,
ruptlon until 11:30. when all of the
vents had been derided.
PUBLICITY AGENT RESIGNS
A. S. Ashley, f Baker, to Advertise
Oregon In Kat.
BAKER. Or, April . 14. (Special.)
IA. H. Ashley last night tendered his
resignation as publicity manager of
the Baker Commercial Club, to take
effect May 1. Ills contract with the
rlub dea not expire nntll June 1. but
In order to make arrangements for his
j:atern lecture tour in the interests vf J
Eastern and Central Orefon. he asked
for release at this time. The club ac
cepted his resignation and voted to
contribute funds for the lecture tour.
During the yesr that the club has
been managed by Mr. Ashley It has
been a "live wire" organization and the
members have been highly pleased with
h'.a work. The number of Inquiries
haa been Increased from three or four
per day to an average of about 40
letters per day and thousands of book
lets have been mailed to prospective
homeseekers.
Much interest Is shown in his pro
posed stereoptlcon lecture tour of the
East in the Interest of Oregon, owing
to the novelty of the plan, which will be
made entirely by automobile. The plan
Is Indorsed by the O.-W. R. ft N. and
also by the Portland Commercial Club.
MANY RANGE CATTLE DIE
Stockmen In Klamath Region Lose
" Because of Hard Winter.
r
KLAMATH FALLS. April 14. (Spe
cial.) Confirmation of the story that
a large number of cattle have died on
the Klamath Indian reservation was
made here today by Reuben White, one
of the cattle owners who lives on the
Klamath Marsh, some 40 miles south
of here.
Mr. White says that more cattle
have died this Winter than be
fore for years in the same length of
time and that at least ten per cent of
these have perished In his section. He
says the farmers In his section have
been feeding since early In November
EXGESS1VEWEIGHT
ON BRIDGE TABOO
Railway Commission's Engi
neers Inspect O.-W. R & N.
Structure Here.
4000 POUNDS WAGON LIMIT
Vehicles and Streetcars Expected
Not to Exceed Speed of Six
Miles an Hour County Court
to Be Asked to Act.
SALKM. Or.. April 14. (Special)
That the Multnomah County Court will
be requested to forbid the use of the
O.-W.R. & N. bridge across the Willam
ette at Portland by vehicles carrying
coinciding; with the maximum on the
other.
Maximum Load 37,000 Pounds.
"The combined maximum loading of
trains and streetcars amounts to 37,000
pounds per foot, leaving 300 pounds per
foot, or 36,000 pounds for the span, as
the permissible load of vehicles and
foot passengers. This amount Is not
exceeded at any times except during
the rush hours morning and evening.
Examination of -the switching records
shows that but few movements of
trains are made at these hours, but we
find that these few cannot be elim
inated without serious inconvenience to
shippers. We therefore ..recommend:
"That the railroad companies be re
quested to continue their present rule
in regard to the weight of engines al
lowed on the bridge and to supplement
this by a rule requiring trains crossing
the bridge between the hours of 7 and
3 A. M. and between the hours of 4:30
and 6:30 P. M. to have not more than
three consecutive cars loaded with
more than 60.000 pounds each, and that
any such three cars shall be preceded
and followed by three cars with loads
not exceeding 30,000 pounds each.
"That the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Compay be requested to en
force its rule requiring cars to main
tain intervals of 100 feet on the bridge
and to limit their speed to six miles
an hour.
"That the County Court be requested
to forbid the use of the bridge by vehi
cles carrying loads of over 4000 pounds
and to limit the speed of all vehicles
on the bridge to stx miles an hour.
Also to permit no loitering or congre
gation of foot passengers on the bridge
MACHETE GUN PLATOON WHICH ESTABLISHED "WORLD'S RECORD YESTERDAY.
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M4RK SET BY THIS PLATOOX AT TAXCOITVER BARRACKS IS 36 SECOXDS, AS AGAINST 38 3-5 SEC
ONDS, THE OLD RECORD.
of last year and are Just now begin
ning to get their cattle out on the
grass, where there Is hope of their
being able to weather out the season.
He says there Is hardly a stockman In
that region who has a surplus of hay
and dozens of them have been entirely
out for some time.
With reasonably good weather from
this time on. however, he thinks most
of the cattle left will pull through, as
the snow Is gone and the grass Is be
ginning to start to some extent. The
cattle are very poor and should there
come a storm before Spring finally
breaks many more will die.
STREET DRINKING OPPOSED
Albany Chief of Police Dislikes to
Have Bottles Strewn About.
ALBANT. Or, April 14. (Special.)
Drinking liquor on the streets or al
leys of Albany will be prohibited here
after It the City Council passes an or
dinance now under consideration.
In his quarterly report to the Coun
cil this week Chief of Police Munkers
recommended that it be made a misde
meanor to drink liquor on a street, al
ley or other public pjace In this city,
and some Councllmen spoke In favor
of the enactment of in ordinance em
bodying the recommendation. The Chief
of Police said that frequently men or
boys, who send away for liquor, meet
In a dark alley or side street to drink
and leave empty bottles strewn about.
He wants the practice stopped.
Chief of Police Munkers also recom
mended that the local ordinance re
garding the sale of liquor here be
amended to give the Chief of Police the
right of setxure In searching for "blind
pigs."
s
AGED MULE KICKS HARD
Animal of Fractures Ribs of
Amateur Blacksmith.
- CENTRA LI A. Wash.. April 14. Spe
cial.) Benjamin O. Turner, a pioneer
who Uvea four miles north of Centra
lis, came to grief yesterday trying to
shoe a mule. He succeeded In getting
one of the shoes on a fore foot of the
animal, after a fashion, and was en
couraged to extend hia operations to
the other hoofs, when his efforts on
one of the hind feet were attended
with disastrous results.
The mule gave him alight kick that
tumbled the old roan over on the
ground, and. as he waa picking him
self up. he received a staggering kick
that sent htm flying against the wall
of the barn with such force that two
Of his rtbs were fractured.
The mule Is 26 years old.
HINDUS IN NEED OF WORK
East Indians Reach Centralism on
"Wsy to Portland.
CENTRALIA. Wssh.. April 14. (Spe
cial.) A party of Hindus arrived here
yesterday and tried to get work in ti.e
mills, on the railroad and on street con
tracts. The men have discarded their
turbans with the evident Idea that it Is
only a matter of head-gear that hinder)
them from being put to work. They
come from British Columbia and are
bound for Portland.
They say they have been unable to
get work for some time past. Eight of
them camped In the woods near the
track north of Centralia last night, after
purchasing some rce and dried fluh.
The meal or.ly cost 33 cents for the
party.
When a medicine must he given to
young children it should he pleasant
to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
I made from loaf sugar, snd the roots
used in Its preparation give It a flavor
similar to maple syrup. making It
f leasant to take. It has no superior
or colds, croup and whooping cough.
For sale by all dealers. "
Passion Play. Star Theater. . A. M..
Sunday.
loads of over 4000 pounds, that all ve
hicles will be limited to a speed of
six miles an hour and that street cars
shall run 100 feet apart on the bridge
and be limited to a speed of six miles
an hour as well, are recommendations
Included in a report of the engineers
of the State Railroad Commission.
They also recommend that crowds be
forbidden to congregate on the bridge
on gala occasions and several recom
mendations are made relative to the
transit of O.-W. R. & N. trains.
The examination was made by w. C
Earle. engineer, and J. P. Newell, con
sulting engineer for the State Rail
road Commission, and a copy of the
report has been forwarded to J. P.
O'Brien, general manager of the O.-W.
R. tc. N. Company: B. 8. Josselyn. presi
dent of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company, and T. J. Cleeton,
County Judge of Multnomah County.-
Prsvr Spaa Safe.
In their report on the bridge the
engineers' say: "The approaches and
draw-span are In good condition and
no question has been raised about
them. They are amply safe for any
loads which may properly pass over
the fixed span. Wre shall, therefore,
confine ourselves to the consideration
of this span.
"The bridge was erected in 1887 and
was an unusually heavy bridge for that
time and well proportioned."
Here the engineers enter tnto a tech
nical statement of the span.
"On account of the limited head
room," they continue, "the track Is
carried on a corrugated floor of steel
channel beams, resting on angle bars
riveted to the lower chords. The up
per deck of wooden floor beams and
planking Is carried on stringers rest
ing on the intermediate pins of the
trusses. This floor carries a roadway
for teams In which two streetcar
tracks are laid and a six-foot wide
walk on each side.
Vibration Is Great.
"This span now shows an unusual
amount of wear. This Is Indicated by
the heavy vibration under moderate
loads. This vibration is much greater
rjnder upper deck loads than under
trains, the difference being due partly
to the point of application of the load,
but chiefly to the roughness of the
upper deck roadway and the differ
ence between rolling loads and those
of moving animals. A laundry wagon
driven at a trot, or an auto bounclns
over the rough planking, shakes the
bridge worse than the Shasta Limited.
"To one Inexperienced In bridge con
struction, this condition would seem
to be alarming, but In reality the
bridge, under heavy loads, shows no
signs- of weakness. . the deflection be
ing not sufficient to take out the
camber. -
Bridge Is Watched.
"The railroad company's engineers
have kept a close watch on the bridge,
and when It became evident that the
heavy traffic was Injurious they caused
It to be restricted. At the present
time the heaviest engine permitted to
cross the bridge weighs only 237.000
pounds and no double-heading is al
lowed. We have calculated the strains
caused by such engines. with . the
heaviest possible tralnloads following,
and find they cannot exceed 90 per cent
of those for which the bridge waa de
signed. As a matter of fact this
heaviest possible loading is not reached
In practice. The bridge was intended
for loads of 4000 pounds per foot. Pas
senger trains do not exceed 2000 pounds
and an examination of the records of
17 consecutive transfers of freight
trains across the bridge shows the
heaviest load to have been 2900 pounds
Pirh-ttportland Railway. Light &
Power Company has taken the St.
Johns, Broadway and Vancouver lines,
which run the heaviest class of cars,
off of this bridge entirely and has or
dered the other cars to maintain a
spacing 100 feet apart, while on the
bridge. Electric locomotives and work
trains are forbidden to go upon the
bridge at any time. It is. therefore,
evident that the bridge is safe for all
requirements If provision be made to
prevent the maximum load on one deck
during boatraces, festivals and similar
occasions."
DEPARTMENT TO DECIDE
Ckvcrnor Will Not Recommend In
structor for Oregon. Guard.
SALEM. Or., April 14. (Special.)
That Governor West will make no
recommendation to the War - Depart
ment as to who shall act as instructor
for the Oregon National . Guard, but
will leave that entirely in he hanJs of
the department, was the statement
made by him today. Probably some
First Lieutenant will be chosen.
The department has signified that it
would prefer to make Its own selec
tion, rather than to be guided by the
recommendation of the executive, ss
the Governor will merely make a for
mal application that such an Instruct
or be nan.rd.
Indians to Attend Centennial.
PENDLETON. Or.. April 14. (Special.)
Twenty Indians from the Umatilla
reservation near thlo city will be one of
the features of the Astoria Centennial
celebration this Fall. They will he taken
to the city by the sea under the man
agement of the "Round-up." Pendleton's
frontier show, and In addition to fur
nishing an attraction for the thousands
of visitors' to the anniversary celebra
tion they will serve as an advertisement
for the frontier show.
Kicked By A Mad Hsrse.
Samuel Birch, of Beetown. Wis., had
a most narrow escape from losing his
leg, as no doctor could heal the fright
ful sore that developed, but at lat
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured It com
pletely. It's the greatest healer of
ulcers, burns, bolls, eczema, scalds,
cuts, corns, cold-sores, bruises and piles
on earth. Try It. 25c at all druggiots.
We
Tnll & GiMbs Store
Opens this morning at 9:30
Remains open this evening until 9:3 O
Our Closing Out Sale
Continues to offer irresistible bar- .
gains in Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Lin
oleums, Draperies, Bedding, Stoves and
Ranges, Crockery, Housefurnishings
I
AND IN
Women's, Misses' and Children's
Smart Spring Apparel
Tailored Suits, Coats, Dresses, Waists,
Corsets, Gloves, Belts, Neckwear,
Handbags, Etc.
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Toll & ' Gibbs, Inc.
Morrison at Seventh
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JI
STATE INSURANCE WINS
WASHINGTON- GAINS $1,403,620 IN
11 YEARS.
Commissioner Shlvely's Report of De
partment Praises New Code--Many
Companies Leave.
OLTMPIA, Wash., April 14. (Special.)
While the Legislatures since 1900 have
appropriated $54,882 for the support of
the state insurance department, that
branch of the state government has
turned Into the state treasury $1,458,502,
leaving a net profit of $1,403,620, accord
ing to figures shownv in the 17th sn
nual report of the depajtment which
J. H. Shlvely, Commissioner, will soon
file with Governor Hay.
The report praises several of the fea
tures of the new Insurance code, par
ticularly the sections which abolish the
appointment of receivers for defunct
companies, putting the handling of such
concerns in the department. Payment
by the state of the cost of examining
companies and the state deposit law
are also commended..
It Is also shown that since 1904 the
fire companies have collected $33,300.
472 In premiums and paid $13,674,479 In
losses, or 41 per cent. Since 1907 the
percentage of losses has climbed from
35 per cent to 56 per cent. Many com
panies sre now leaving the state as the
competition Is growing, rates on first
class risks have been cut and unexpected
losses, have caused many companies to
reinsure.
received a responst from the Consul
today. TheConsul says there are only
three small British fighting vessel3 on
the coast, but he will endeavor to have
one of these sent to Astoria.
Hillsboro Woman Drops Dead.
HTLLSBORO. Or., April 14. (Spe
cial.) Word was received here tonight
from Astoria that Mrs. Mary L. Hoyt,
66 years old, a resident of this city, had
dropped dead of heart disease while
boarding a boat to return to her home
here. She was the wife of W. L. Hoyt,
of Hillsboro, and is survived by her
husband and seven children. The
children are: Russell Hoyt, Seattle;
Laurel Hoyt. Hillsboro: Clarence Hoyt,
Kldgefleld, Wash.; Mrs. Bula Dever
eaux, Eugene; Mrs. Ella Kirkwood,
Eugene; Miss Arab. Hoyt, Ridgefleld,
and Mrs. Laura Bradley, of San, Jose,
Cal. She is also survived by two
brothers, A. D. Venen and A. S. Vencn,
both of whom reside in Fortland.
Newport May Get Custom-Honse.
OREG ONI AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 14. Congressman Hawley
has introduced a bill to remove the of
fice of Collector of Customs from Ta
qulna to Newport
Warship May Visit Astoria.
SALEM. Or., April 14. (Special.)
Governor West, who recently wrote to
James Laidlaw. British Consul at Port
land, requesting that the Brltlsj gov
ernment send a warship to Astoria dur
ing the centennial celebration this year.
promi
Med
QCQOie
Is
Made a Yearly Necessity by
Impure Blood.
The Best is Hood's Sarsaparilla, Which Cures
All Humors and All Eruptions,
Relieves that Tired Feeling,
Creates an Appetite.
Mora Profit la the obJec of sub
stitution. If urged to buy any
preparation said to be "Just as
good" as Hood's you may be sura
It Is Inferior, costs less to make,
and yields the dealer a larger profit.
Insist en Having HootTs, which
effects Its wonderful cures, not
simply because it contains sar
saparilla, but because It combines
the utmost remedial values of
twenty different ingredients.
food's Sarsaparilla
Makes people well and keeps them welL Get it today.
WEEK END
EASTER TRIPS
VIA
S3
CLATSOP BEACH
ROUND ASTORIA
-to IP GEARHART
IKlFto SEASIDE
Tickets Sold Saturday and Sunday, Good Returning Monday. $4.00 Round
' Trip Daily. Good Six Months. FIRST-CLASS ALL-YEAR HOTELS.
Trains Leave 8:00 A. M. Daily, 6:30 P. M. Saturday.
COLUMBIA RIVER
AND '
CASCADE MOUNTAIN RESORTS
HEALTH SPRINGS, TROUT STREAMS
ROUND TRIP TICKETS
SATURDAY AAD St XDAV
Returning; Monday
Camas $1.00
Butler SI. 71)
Stevennon Sprflnsca
Shlpberd's Spring 2.:0
Collins' Springs T-.r.o
White Salmon SXOO
SUNDAY OM1T
Returning Same lay
Mount Pleaaant S1.SS
Prlndle S1.25
Butler ..$1.30
Cascades .$1.50
TRAINS LEAVE 7:30 A. M., 6:15 P. M. DAILY
NORTH BANK STATION, 11th and Hoyt
CITY TICKET OFFICES
Third and Morrison Streets 122 Third Street
nearly mm
Acreage and Tov4 Lots at North Plains
Are on the Run. Our Property Is
GONE
A few choice tracts of one to ten acres and close-in-town lots for
wise buyers.
Special trains to North Plains over the United Railways Sunday
from Second and Stark streets. Kound-trip rates. Scenic ride to and
through the Cornelius Gap tnnnel and the famous Tualatin Valley.
For all information address
RUTH TRUST CO.
235 Stark Street, Corner Second.
Main 5076 and A 3774. ' . .
"North Plains is a town with a guaranteed future."