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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1912)
The Hotel Bowers Eleventh and Stark Sts. Under' New Management offers all the conveniences of a high-class 'hotel, with all the comforts of a home. European plan 11.00 per day up. American plan, too. Famous for Its grill, a la carte , and table d'hote service at reasonable prices Special rates to permanent guests. F. P. WILLIAMS, MANAGER GUARD EXPECTS 10 BE SENT TO FRONT F OREGON'S BEST-KNO-WTT FAEXES TO OTTER HIS 200,000 ACR EJVNCH TO HOMESEEKERS. BBS Soldiers See in Mexican Sit uation Prospect cf Secur ing Active Service. TROOPS ARE READY TO GO Adjutant-General Flnzor Declares He Considers Conditions Grave and Will Not Be Surprised If Intervention Cornea. With the affairs of Mexico appar ently hopelessly tangled and the situa tion becoming mora serious almost daily, officers ar.d members of the Ore ron National Guard are more confident than at any other time during ths trouble that the l' nlted States will take a hand In the uprising and will call on the State Guards for assistance. JIany of the officers are so confident of going to the front that they are making arrangements already. Adjutant-General Flnser announced yesterday that he has received no com munication from the War Department, but would not be surprised to receive Important niMutd at any time. He declares that while he Is not In a posi tion to rive anv official Information he considers the situation serious and would not be surprised to see the L'nlted states Interfere. Hmmid la I'repareeV "In the event that the Oregon Na tional Guard should be called upon to go to lleilco." said Adjutant-General Ktnaer yesterday, "we could mobilise our forces snd be ready to move within 41 hours. Of course, we would want more time than that, but If necessary could complete the work In that space of time. Additional time, which mlaht he granted, would be used In perfect ing the organisation, doing such work as filling In vacancies In the companies and getting everything In readiness to move off completely organised. "I believe most of the men are will Ins; If not anxious to go to the front, and I think we would have a good organization. The Guard would In clude 11 companlee of Infantry, el,rht companies of Cosst artillery, one bat tery of Held artillery and the medical corps. The total number of men would be about 1600. "Of course. If the Vnlted States should take a hand In the Mexican proposition ths standing Army would not be large enough. Fully 100.000 niD would be required, and from the Itrgular Army It la probable there rould be no more than 10.000 men thrown Into the field. This would mean 70.000 men from the State Guards. Free4ar la rleaae. ItAjor Knapp says the Oregon Guard rotili be depended upon to mobilise within 4 hours or even less If neces sary. "If the depsrtment In Wash ington should eend us orders we would throw the men right Into the camp at I'lackarnas and prepare to move with out delay. The Guard la the same at the nre department It Is always ready f.r action at a minute's notice. I have In my desk a full act of specifications tor the mobilisation. The papers show et.ctly what Is needed, even to he Mimber of boards required for the tem porary camp where the men would be sworn Into the Itegular Army. "As to the probabilities of our arming. I can only say that the Mexican situa tion looks serious and that we are ready. It Is all the same as the mem lers of the bre department, who at the central station might stand In tUelr tower and watch a fire over In Alblna. They could not tell until the gong was ounded whether they would be called to help put out the fire or whether the men closer to the scene would be able to handle the situation fully." The probabilities of the Oregon Guard being called upon Is the main subject of consideration at the guard headquarters In the Gerltnger build ing and at the Armory. Groups of of ficers and privates are dally thresh ing out the situation and acannlng the newspapers lor war news. It Is the opinion that practically every man In the guar! would be ready to drop everything and rush to the front In rase an order waa Issued by the War department. NEW PAVING PLAN. URGED Councllmen May Order lUtolithlc I .a Id Over Old .Macadam Bim. An experiment In paving Is to be made on Kearney street, from Flf-t-nth to Twenty-fifth. If the City Council sustains the action taken by the atreet committee yesterday. Bltu lithlc would be laid over an old maca dam ba-e at a price of II.:. a square yard. This Is the first time such work lias been planned here and consider able Interest attaches to the project. Councilman Wallace, mho la Inter ested as a property-owner, appeared before the committee and requested that the members award the contract to the Warren t'onf tructlon Company for laying bltullthlo over the old macadam base. He said It was his de sire to have the work done, Wallace recently became Interested In this ex periment, and he had formerly urged the committee to pave the street tn question with treated wood blocks. There were two bids submitted for wood blocks and several bids for as phalt, but Wallace tol.l the committee members he felt that the bitullthlo pavement would best serve the Inter ests of the property-owners. APPLICATION IS OPPOSED aaassaw fire Alarm Telegraph Company Would Ve Home Wires. The Denfo Fire Alarm A TeleKraph Company, which seeks a special permit from the city to use the wires of the -iome Telephone Company, met with op position from f uncl!man Magulre srhen the application came befo-e the health and police committee yesterday. Mr. Magulre said he beileved that each corporation should come before the .'ouncll on Its own merits and seek a franchise, when It could be stipulated low tt could operate and what revenue II should pay to the city. Owing to some legal .points that were involved, the commute, after some de bate, decided to send the application to City Attorney Grant for an opinion as to bow to proceed. L. A. McXary. representing the company, said that the concern only wished to obtain the con sent of the city beaaus of a stipu'.atlon tn the tVephone company's charter, and it would, he sail. iar Into the city treasury one per cent of Its earnings, lust as the telephone company now ou under the franchise granted It by the rity. ' Iff eVt a? ..-. - ', ' ' likM v 1 i 5 S ; S -. I - .Vrf '-'- !s j v - : tlll.l.lMvIUM.i:Y. Mlt. I1A1.KY A.'U TV. f. IHVIOSO, WHO tt AMl(IATl:U WITH I- W. IIILI. I tOLI).MiTIO. WORK. l'HO lOUUAI'HKI) OS Ht.Mtf KACH. HANLEY TO GUT LAND Burns Man Plans to Divide 200,000 Oregon Acres. SALE MAY BEGIN IN YEAR All Land Fertile and Farts Adjoin Great Northern President' Do main Both to Co-opera to In Drawing Settlers. "vntlriuM From Ftrat Pae additional homeseekers to Oregon dur ing the approaching colonist seaaon. 1 Faaslllee ew Way. One party of 1 families will arrive early In March. Many families that wenj from the Middle West Into Canada a few years ago now are returning to the United States and will locate on parts of this property. W. P. Davidson, who Is associated with" Mr. Hill In his new enterprise, b. fcen nrealdent ef the Oregon A -W estern Colonisation Company for sev eral years and has been active In colo nisation work ever since tiie land was acquired. He will be In Portland next week to complete arrangemonis Mr. Hill's entrance Into the company. v. that Mr Hill haa obtained a controlling Interest In the concern It Is admitted that he and his father. James J. Hill, hsve been Interested In the Oregon Western Colonisation Company to the extent of -11.500.000 for two or three years. Many Share la Corner rm. Othcr who are interested wltti them are John t. uurcnara. 01 l rm, n v president; Joseph C. Wood, of St. Paul, secretary: O. A. Robertson. T. A. s.-huitx. F K Kenaston. J. H. Pklnner and G. D. Eygabroad. All are ft. Paul and Chicago capitalists. Tiie principal office of the company Is In St. Paul. Kruti.-h of ri es are maintained In Chi cago Winnipeg and Portland, the of fice here being at 2 Stark street. In the Katlway Kxchange building-. It Is understood that Mr. 11111 and his associates heretofore controlled a half Interest In the Oregon Western Colonisation Company, and that the remaining half Interest was held by the United States Land Company, the parent corporation that extends Its operations over all the United States and Canada. It was the half Interest owned by the United States Land Com pany that Mr. Hill and Mr. Davidson purchased Thursday. This, will give them possession of virtually 75 per rent of the stock In the Oregon at Western Colonisation Company. Faraers to Be Attract e. Mr. Hill and hla partners. It la under stood, will make a determined effort to attract farmers to the state. They wi:i place the land on the market at prices so low that horaeseekers can not afford to stay away, they say. Mr. Kanley llkewls. will hold his prop erty at attractive figures. "I can't say just now what my land ought to be worth when I start selling It," said Mr. Hanley yeaterdsy. "but I know that some of the best of It will be sold cheaper than some of the worst of that now being peddled by a lot of others In that section Is bringing. I il'-n't see why It can't be sold for f IS. S-4 or l-'S an acre. I don't know, of course, what prices Mr. Hill will ask. but his land Is of about the same character as mine." Mr. Hanley aome time ago Incorpor ated two companies for the purpose of handMng his property. The one Is styled the William Hanley Company and the other the Blltsen Valley Company. He Is president of both companies. Whether he will continue this organisation for t..e purpose of selling his Isnd or whether a new organisation will be effected has not been determined. LEAGUE MAY INVESTIGATE Taxpayers Orranliatlon Proposed for Court Inquiry. "Should the committee appointed by Governor West, at the Instigation -of the tast Eld Business Men's Club, fall to take op the work of Investigating i . ' F vv ,74 the County Co'urt. as seems possible. I shall request the Taxpayers' League to take up the subject and maxe ar rangements for an Investigation," said County Judge. Cleeton yesterday. "The membership of the Taxpayers League includes, we are told, many of the heaviest ratepayers In the county and represents the property on which more than 50 per cent of the money re ceived from taxation Is paid. The County Court has been severely crit icized, unjustly so in many Instances, and we are Interested In having a dis interested expert or commission deter mine for the benefit of the publlo to what extent we have been remiss In our duty. We do not say we are per fect, but are not afraid of the out come." The county grand Jury Is continuing Its Investigation Into County Court af fairs. During the past few days Wil liam M- Whldden. of Whldden & Lewis, the architects who designed the Court house, haa been closeted with the Jury for hours at a time, explaining the large bills fur extras in connection with the construction of the building and why bis firm has drawn already more than 150.000 tn commissions, a much larger amount. It Is charged, than has been earned. AVIATION FIELD PLANNED Blrdnian llnda 11a ocean District Favorable to Flights of Gliders. BATOCEAN, Or, Feb. 23. (Special.) U. Brown, one of the Glenn Curtis avlutors. has been inspecting the hills and valleys In the northern part of Bayocean. He Is of the opinion that this section of the city Is better adapted for trying out new gliders than la the Virginia field, where the Wright Broth ers achieved their first successea The spot liked by Mr. Brown is a large area of level land surrounded by hills and bluffs of various grades and heights, and because of the topograph ical conditions it is possible to face a wind regardless of Its direction. Plans are being drawn by Brown for a work shop and hangar near this spot. JIATTVE OHEr.OMAN AMJ PIO AEER HOPIJKALKH DIES AT Tt'CSO.V, AKIZ. ,.-v. . . - i. J '-CV' f - ' ' Ed C Hemm. Word has been received from Tuoson. Ariz, of the - death of Ed C Herren. of Woodbum, Or, a pioneer hopdealer of this state. Mr. Herren had been In falling health for several months and recently went to Arizona In the hope the change would benefit him. Mr. Herron was born In Salem. April 27, 1S61. On reach ing manhood he went to Eastern Oregon and engaged In mercan tile business at Lone Buck. Re turning to Halem In 1S87. he be came a hopdealer. and the firm of Horren & Levy was well known for a numher of years. He married Miss Elizabeth Hoi man. of Salem. April 4. 1S98. His wife and five-year-old daughter were with him when he died. Mr. 'Herren Is also survived by three brothers, who are George Herren, a commission merchant of this city; Wlllard H. Herren. of Hppner. and Albert Herren. of Salem. An older brother, David, died at Spray, Or, last July. Vr. Herren was an Elk and a Woodman of the World. The Elks will have charge of the funeral, which will be held at Salem Monday afternoon. AZSQimElV PURE The only Baiting Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Saves Buffer, Flour. Eggs, and makes home baking easy Flo Alum l!o SUSPECT HIT IS DYING CAPTIVE HCRtS BOTTLING WA TER, DEPUTY FELLS HIM. Man Accused of Robbing Cars Burns W. A. Mack, Special Agent, 'Who Splits Assailant's Skull , Scalding -water from a tea kettle and the butt of a revolver were the weap ons used In a fight last night between Walter Ceber. 16 year old. suspected of theft of goods from the O.-W, R. & Company, and W. A. Mack, a special Deputy Sheriff In the employ of the railroad, who attempted to arrest him at bis home at ISO Monroe street. Ceber lies at St. Vincent's Hospital, near death, with a fractured skull as a re sult of the fight. Mack, with skin burned face, neck and shoulders by the boiling water. Is under the care of Dr. Curtis Holcoznb. Mack, who has been Investigating the loss of goods from cars In tbe Al blna yards of the railroad, received evidence yesterday which, he says, con nects Ceber with tbe thefts. Going to Ceber's home, he told the suspected man that he connected him .with t'je loss of 20 sacks of wheat from cars of the company. Mack placed Ceber un der arrest, and Ceber. lifting a tea kettle from the stove, attacked Mack with It, striking him on the head. Driven back by the shower of blows and the water from the kettle. Mack drew his revolver, and struck at Ceber with the butt. Seeing that Mack In tended to take him. Ceber ran back a few steps and threw tbe entire con tents of the steaming kettle Into Mack's face. Half-bllnded by the water. Mack stumbled forward and struck heavily at Ceber. felUng him and knocking him senseless. . A large crowd of men from tbe vicinity, who gathered about the house, attracted the attention of Sergeant Burke and Patrolman Murphy to the scene. Geber, placed In a Red Cross ambu lance, after being brought to the Po lice Station, in the police ambulance patrol, relapsed Into delirium. He was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital. Half way there, at Twelfth and Stark streets. the ambulance was struck Dy a wagon of the Northern Paclflo Express Com pany. City Physician Ztegler, who at tended Ceber, said last night that Ce ber is likely to die. EUGENE ASKED FOR RIGHTS Portland, Eugene & Eastern Seeks More Streets for Carllnes. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 2S. (Special.) Annllcatton was made tonight to the City Council for additional franchises for the Eugene street railway system of the Portland. Eugene & Eastern. A large part of the city In the north western part Is without streetcar serv ice and streets are to be selected Dy which this territory may be served. 'x he company also wishes to make some changes In the routing of the lnterur ban cars to Springfield and will need an additional franchise on East Eleventh street, past the university. The present tracks on i.leventn ana -Willamette streets are to be torn out at once and relaid with solid founda tions and with regular paving rails. Minor changes for the betterment of suburban loops also are to be made. Al Welch, manager ol tne company. has been in the city all day and con ferred with the City Council members. Plans of the company include also a six-mile line through a truck .garden ing region toward Junction. Mr. Weloh expects cash from the sale of bonds within two weeks and work will start Immediately thereafter. BOYD SERIES WILL CLOSE Concluding; Lecture Will Be) Deliv ered at T. M. C A. i . . .. .nnHnnlnr through two months the lecture series by Dr. John H. Boyd. pastor of the First presDytenan unurcn ill be conciuaeu ix. uio muiiunum Pnnianrt Tounsr Men's Christian this noon. The aeries has SlBOl(l.WM ' " - been one of the most Interesting ever conducted by the religious work de partment of the T. M- C A., the general toplo being. "The Great Ideas In Re ligion." The lecture toaay win oe on xne Isslon ,of Paul." The announcement ills this mission a "work of unlver 1 1 i vhlili tiA hn lojvtl Un ethods of preparing Christianity for . wnriA-wlde extension and timeless m Its Influence will be exhibited." The average attendance at the Boyd . .. k.. Hn mari than ISO. Thni who desire to attend today's lecture and have not registered should com- inlcate with it. it. x-erains, religious rk director. Remedy for Smoke Xuisanco Sought It will be up to the City Board of Health, to suggest soma means where- Lima Phosphate by the so-called Bmoke nuisance may be abated in Portland. The health and. police committee of the City Coun cil yestfM-day considered briefly a com munication from the Municipal Asso ciation, calling attention to the sub ject, and the members then referred It to the Board of Health. Councilman Magulre said that, where smoke Issues from fuel oil engines the engineer Is Incompetent and is burning too much oil. much of which he Is wasting. PMEASAMTS GROW RAPIDLY Closed Season for China Game Birds Xot IJkely to Be Extended. That It will not be necessary to ex tend the closed period for China pheas ants If they continue to increase in the same ratio as they have since the law went Into effect, was the announce ment made yesterday by State Game Warden Finley. He said that the pheasants liberated on the various re serves were not only increasing in numbers, but that the broods at the state game farm at Corvallls were In excellent condition and that there would be about 2000 birds liberated on the reserves at the end of the present breeding season. Under the law passed by the last Legislature, China pheasants cannot b- hunted until October. 1913. For a time it was thought that it probably ' would be necessary to extend the closed , period, as the birds had been so heav- I lly reduced in the last open season thai; 1 was considered that a longer time would be required to warrant an open season. Gene Simpson, superintendent of the state game farm at Corvallls, will leave there today to liberate two doxen Hun garian pheasants on the game reserve at Salem, comprising the grounds of the state Institutions. Thirty pairs of these Dheasanta were liberated recently. A shipment of the same birds has Just been received from the East ana are being held for breeding purposes at tbe, Corvallls game farm. The consignment of 250 Bob White quail from Missouri, purchased last Fall by Game Warden Finley, are ex pected to arrive In Corvallls' within a few weeks. Finley said yesterday that he considered the propagation of these birds not only of great Importance to sportsmen, but also of high value to farmers and fruitgrowers, as these quail birds are destroyers of insects, and If protected they became tame. The flocks of quail will be liberated in Eastern and Southern Oregon. SUPREME H00 H00 HERE W. M. Stephenson, of St. Panl, on Good-Fellowship Mission. "William M. Stephenson, of St. Paul. Minn., supreme representative of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo, will be the honor guest tonight at a ban quet at the Oregon Hotel, under the auspices of the Portland members of this organisation. D. U. Davis, of the Tlmberman, Is In charge of arrange ments. "My mission in visiting the Pacific Coast at" this time is to meet members of the organization," said Mr. Stephen son laat night, "and arouse enthusiasm among them in promoting good-fellowship. The membership of our organ ization is limited to those actively engaged In the lumber business and allied Industries. When the Order of Hoo Hoo was organized. In 1892, we fixed the maximum membership at 999, but the applications for membership were so many that the limit has been raised a number of times, until it Is today 83,333. We have an actual membership now of 27,000 and will soon reach the 33,333 mark. "The order Is purely a personal and social organization, having for its pur pose the promotion of good-fellowship and extending the acquaintance of the members. We proceed on the theory that the other fellow is Just a little bit b3tter than we think he is and adopt social gatherings as the most direct means of demonstrating the fact. In this way we strive to erase the frown and substitute a smile; drive away the clouds and Introduce more sunshine." . The Order of Hoo Hoo does not have a National organization, but works through a representative In every state. Annual business meetings are held on the ninth month and the ninth day of the month, the numeral "9" being the magic figure by which the various ac tivities of the organization are meas ured and determined. The last busi ness meeting was held In Detroit and It has been . virtually agreed to hold the 1915 session at San Francisco, In the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The or der met in Portland in 1905, In the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Pullman Official Honored. When F. D. Chamberlln. who will leave today for Denver to take up his new duties as district superintendent of the Pullman Company, entered his office at the Union Depot yesterday, he met with a surprise. In appre ciation of his long service as district superintndent of the Pullman Company In this city, the office employes and conductors presented him with a hand some walrus skin traveling bag. The yard employes gave him a gold watch fob, suitably engraved, and the negro porters presented him with a meer schaum pipe. The presentation s peaches HOTEL CORNELIUS i House of Welcome Portland, Or. Our 14-passenger electric tna meets all trains. A high-class, modern hotel in the heart of the theater and shopping district. One block from any carline. $1 per day and up. European plan. E. P. MORRIS, Prop. The Imperial Oregon's Greatest Hotel 350 Rooms, 104 Suites, With Private Eatbs. NEW FLTLEPEOOF BUILDING Moderate Rates. Phfl Metschan & Sons, Props. s-ra'ir- "Wis 3 BfcJtAss, cjSil 1 inr::q!S3,Pf m i.K " ti. r n TT-i-T-iT r Portland'! Largest Northwest's Grandest Hostelry " Absolutely Fireproof 725 Booms 300 Rooms With Bath lOO Sample Rooms Oecopies an entire Meek ia tie heart ef business and financial districts. The most magnlfl cent Lobby, Restaurant, Ballroom, Banquet Ball and Public Rooms ia the West. The utmost in comfort and convenience. Headquarters B.P.O.E. Grand Lodes Convention, Portland, 194 BtraopxAir plan bates st.se to ss.oo pes dat Bosses Meet Every H. C. BOWERS, Manager PORTLAND HOTEL The largest and most magnificent ho tel in Portland; unsurpassed in ele gance of accommodations or excellence of cuisine. European plan $L0 per day and upward. O. A KAUFMAJTlf, Manager. Hotel Alma TJADES NEW MANAGEMENT. All Outside Rooms, Finely Furnished, Single and En Suite. Telephone and Running Water In Each Room. Steam Heat. Elevator Service. ROOMS RESERVED FOB TRANSIENTS. With Public Bath With Private Bath.... SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES. 1 , HOTEL OREGON, Portland, Or., Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. HOTEL SEATTLE, ' Seattle, Wash. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. were made by E.- A. Leer, receiving cashier in the Portland office. CURFEW SQUAD IS NAMED Patrolmen Appointed to Keep Chil dren OH Streets at Night. nnfnrcomPnt nt the eUrfSW ordinance will be maintained In the future, through the aesignauon Dy Chief of Police Slover of a squad of 1 ..-v. viu 0-ivA thAir entire pau uiiucu ot.'v ..... r " attention during the early hours of the night to the sending home of all chil dren found on the streets or in publlo places unescorted. Those named for this duty are Patrolmen Fones, GUI. Teevln, Wellbrook. G. Adams, Stram, Oustnfson. Wylle and Carneron. HEADACHY, BILIOUS, CONSTIPATED, TONGUE COATED? GASCARETS SURE Turn the rascals out the headache, the biliousness, the indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases turn them out tonight and keep them out with Cascarets. Don't put In another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse and regulate your stomach; remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and that misery-making gas; take- the excess bile from your liver and carry off the de composed waste matter and poison from the intestines and bowels. Then yon will feel great A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning a 10-cent box means a clear head and cheerfulness for months. Don't forget the children. fx? SlZs iiZz B3 I f-i I 3 10 CCIllS. "CASCARETS WORK WHILE J3fOUSLEEP " !.5.ail7lfi'ff A. CROUSE, Mgr. N4?. WHEN IN Portland, Oregon STOP AT THX iOLiriOiAE. Train and Steamer J. M. BROWNE LL, assistant Hasarer Twelfth and Stark Streets $1.00 Per Day and Up $1.50 Per Day and Up N'O EXTRA CHARGES. ft l.s: g:s:s-3 SSZ Sri' New Perkins Fifth and Washington Sts. A Hotel in the Very Heart of Portland's Business Activity MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Electric Anto Bus. Cars to sod Irons Union Depot every few minutes. L. Q. Swetlsnd, Mgr. Both hotels centrally located, modern in every respect, and conducted on the European plan. ATI of the men selected have quali fied in the eyes of the Chief for this class of work and some of them are recognized as specialists in dealing with the younger generation. Their duty will be to cover the entire city, giving particular attention to neigh borhood centers where children congre gate. After one warning the parents of the delinquents will be called before the Juvenile Court. Since the campaign for the enforce-, meat of the ordinance commenced a few days ago more than 100 children have been Intercepted and their names taken for reference to the proper court, and the effects are beginning to show. We rent new pianos In oak, mahog COTTAGB GROVE, Or., Feb. 23. any, walnut cases, for $4 per month, and apply the rent on the purchase, cartage free. KOHLER & CHASE. 375 Washington Street. Never grip or sicken.