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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1912)
THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, - WEDNESDAY, JUNE IS, 1912. .6 REGENTS MOVE ID PROTECT VOTERS 1911 Building Appropriation Voided if Millage Tax Bill Is Passed. JOURNALISM CHAIR BORN an to serv on a Crook County School Board was elected to th office of director on a practically unanimous vote. The 'lady Director" la Mrs. C. S. Hudson, wife of a banker here. She win hold ber . new office for . three years. The election has aroused much In terest among- women here, especially as Mrs. Hudson is one of the leaders in the woman suffrage movement ia Cen tral Oregon and is a member of the committee of three wtio organized a local equal suffrage league and cam paigned with Mrs. Ehrgott during her recent speechmaking visit. The votes for women enthusiasts declare that now they have a hand In the administration of Bend's rapidly growing schools they will show "mere men" their feminine capability, especially in conducting a branch of local government which they claim is essentially in the woman's rightful sphere. Department of Rhetoric Is Enlarged and Xew Creation Carries Salary of $2000 Alnmnl Associa tion Names Officers. WORK ON NEWLINE STARTS Portland, Eugene & Eastern Begins Grading at Canby. THREE f.!Ell KILLED BY DELAYED BLAST Construction Camp of Great Northern Near Wenatchee . Scene of Accident. SCORE INJURED, MANGLED OREGON CITY, Or, June 19. (Spe cial.) Thirty-eight teams with scrapers and grading outfit passed through this city on thelrway to Canby, where work will commence at once for the Portland. Eugene Eastern Rail way Company. The oufU Is the prop- UNrVERSITr OF OREGON. Eugene, erty of the worth coast contract Cora June 18. (SpeclsX) At the annual panv and is in charge of G. L. Harding, meeting of the Board of Regents or tne or tnis city. University of Oregon held this morn-1 In an interview with M. J. Lee, of lne- in President Campbell's office, a number or matters vital to tne institu tion were considered, most Important of which was the movement to secure necessary buildings and equipment by appropriation from the people. To make the position or tne Doara clear and to show that the university was not seeking more than one ap propriation in the two measures in which it is interested, tnese resolutions were adopted: "whereas, the proposed millage tax bill for the support of the university and the Agricultural College contains a provision expressly repealing the two acts of the Legislature of 1911, appro priating money for the support of the university. "Therefore be it resolved. That this board hereby declare that If the pres- I t ah an r .mar naiuflnv tim rift- I f elded favorably to the university, no part of the appropriation above referred to will be expended until the matter of the millage tax is passed upon oy the people, and If approved, no part of such appropriation will ne eipenoea Chair of Jouraallam Created. President Campbell's report, dealing with routine business and recommenc ing various changes in the faculty and adjustments of salaries, was aaoptec The most Important feature of this action was the creation of a chair of Journalism in . the department of rhetoric to be filled at a salary oi not less than 12000 per year. Judge R. 8. Bean, of Portland, presi dent of the board, presided. Regents 8. H. Friendly, of Eugene; C A. Dolph, of Portland: J. W. Hamilton, or Koae burg; William Smith, of Baker; Charles H. Fisher, of Eugene; Superintendent of Public Instruction Alderman; Secre tary of State Olcott. President P. L. Laborers Lay Heavy Charge to Break Extra Hard Rock Thinking It Has .Missed They Go to See as Explosion Occurs. WENATCHEE, Wash., June 18 (Special.) Three men were killed and a score injured, some fatally It Is feared, as the result of an explosion WINNERS IN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ORATORICAL CONTEST. & ' i b I" " J f T A I " . 1 r MISS BIRDIE WISE, FAILING PRIZE; MISS ALBERTA CAMPBELL, BEEKMAN PRIZE. I Canby, on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Lee I stated that the City Council of Canby -mThll and Secretary Louis Johnson I at first refused to grant him a right- were present. Bean- and Johnson were of-way for the railroad from Molalla re-elected president and secretary, re-1 10 v.anoy tor we wanoy-moiana iau spectlyely. I 'oad Company, and at the last meet- The Alumni Association this morn- Ing a petition was circulated with 133 ing elected the following officers for I names of taxpayers and citizens of the coming year: I wanoy 10 me uny council, iza 01 tnese Judge Woodsjn T. Slater ('83), or I being in ravor of granting Mr. Le tne Salem, president; C W. Converse ('02), franchise, which was granted to the of Eugene, secretary: Ray Goodrich I Portland. Eugene & Eastern Railway, (04), of Eugene, first vice-president; I which has absorbed the Canby-Molalla Mrs. F. L. Chambers C96), or Eugene, Kauroaa. second vice-president: Judge Laurence Mr. Lee stated the company would T. Harris ('83), George Hug ('07) and operate its cars by electricity and that Eberle Kuykendall COS), all of Eugene, it has purchased 70 acres of rlght-of- as alumni members of the athletic way and goes through some of the council. richest land In Clackamas County. It PreIde. Hold, aa -At Home." '"""""VLrS.Sf "f. " 111 , ,7, I, ing on to Molalla and later on to ex- .i ' ? .KLlJ t. i tend to Eugene. He also says "there is M18,1 Je?L ,r . 1, Vr K eood backing and the work will be " , ' , " r .u- 1 pushed rapidly along to completion. pereu . !'- " The grading camp will be established (. anvtir-a Tmmullatalif a f tiv I aUUUl 111 I lilt IDO 11 "111 VOUUJ , YJ 11 IHC r ""r Molalla River, the working crew reach WHri tiib iLnnuHi im u niiu nuwei ui u- i . - .... cession through the campus was held. " "'"""l0" anQ PltcnnS camP women of the graduating class and Alumni Association participating. The Beekman prizes in oratory followed in ILL-FATE PURSUES FAMILY Vlllard Hall at 8 o'clock. Miss Wise won the Failing prize and Miss Camp- Destroys Barn and Valued Tomorrow morning at 10 0 clock the I stock on Day of Son's Funeral. commencement exercises win oe neia in Vill.rvl Hall At 1 o'clock the students will tender the alumni a dinner In the VANCOUVER, Wash, June 18. men's gymnasium. The annual alumni I (Special.) Misfortune Is dogging the ball In the evening at ( o'clock will I track of Mathias Snureeon , who. ' on . , - . conclude commencement weea. Saturday. lost "his 17-year-old , son, ' through an accident. The lad was a cultivator and carrying shot gun across his knees. The gun sllDDed and the hammer struck a disc. California Woman Allows Troops to I discharging the shell. The load lit ri W rViM-Mi-In Land. erally tore the boy's heart out. Tne zunerai was neio mis mornins at 1A nVlni-lc. hut at S o'clock this OLTMPIA. Wash., June 18. (Special.) ,,nlr the famliT was awakened by wane examining uie grouua to " fire in the barn, which Durned to deatn used during the coming army maneu- 51t valuable horses and two thorough- vers this Summer. Captain E. W. Clark, bred bulls. A seventh horse in the of Vancouver Barracks, " discovered a barn dashed over tne Dooies 101 in six piece of fenced-in land near Gate which c?mp "a f""V; Tviv. Th It would be necessary to cross in order b.out th? ihed;,lt ,maI Th? to get the stock to water. It was found "B 1 , - -? tl..t the owner nf this Inn was Mrs. neignoors irra . v- S. L. Lent, of Long Beach. Cal.. and she ten,d u"8rfth ARMY MANEUVERS AIDED communicated with through the I Four of the horses belonged to C. A. Dlnsmore-Sams Company, her agents. Burlingame. a lessee The cows were In answer to the request made by Cap- u he Pture. The loss was about tain Clark for the privilege of making ,vv"- temporary use of her property Mrs. "aptaln Clark is perfectly welcome CASE SUCCEEDS DAWKINS to Q8 my land t Gate as be requests. lured. I certainly would make no charge l Superintendent of SUverton for such a favor 10 tne -isoys tn Blue. "My "father, still hale and hearty at the age of 81. served in the Twenty third Ohio during the Civil War, and Mr. Lent's father In the Twenty-fourth Ohio. Army news.' GOOD ROAD JOINS COUNTIES Lewis and Pacific Have Highway That Will Lure Beach Travel. Schools Is Appointed. SHERIDAN. Or, June 18. (Special.) Prnhmor H. G- Case, formerly of 1 always feel a great Interest In Si,vertolli ha8 been selected to fill the vacancy as Superintendent of Schools here recently caused By the Tesigna tlon of Professor Dawkins, who has acepted a similar position in Wood' burn. H. G. Case has been at the head of the SUverton schools for some time. So far, all vacancies In the public schools with one exception have been filled. PrafMsor Case. heading the CHEHALIS, Wash., June 18. (Spe-1 schools, will hm two assistants un clal.) Lewis and Pacific counties have I der him in the high school and seven at last been connected by a public road I in grades below the ninth. Professor which follows the survey or ins state 1 case comes here at a salary of 11125. mad ?o. 5. Deputy county Engineer ha's been in Chehalls. stated tha't the Birds to, Be Studied. highway will be open to traffic WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa by July 4. lem. Or, June 18. (Special.) Profes- The road will not have been com- .r and Mm W. V. Perk, of the scl- pleted by that date, but the officials enc department of Willamette Cniver wlll see to It that It will be passable slty wlu pass the summer in Harney for automobiles. This is the first time County, studying the bird life in that iu tne iuurj m oouinwni w aauuia-1 part of Oregon, and making collee- ton that an open roadway has con- 0ons in the Interest of the state. Their nected Pacific County with the outside work be malniy along the Sllvles world. I Rr,P about Malheur Lake and In the 11 is anticipated mat ouuaing oi tnisiKtn Mountalna Th -ln will rive ?r . '""""i""" tur wji some attention to the botanical fea- or autoroooiiea in tne souna ciues ua hl. n h munti-- t?ounty beaches by driving their cars to Chehalls. thence making the trip westward over the new road. Leave of Absence Granted. -VANCOUVER. Wash, June 18. (Special.) Avory O. Van Emon, In- "LADY DIRECTOR" ELECTED a year's leave of absence to study art Bend School District Voir to Place Suffragist on Board. abroad. He will be" In attendance at the World's Congress of the Deaf in Parta July 28 to August 4, as delegate from the Pacific Northwest. This Con gress is held in commemoration of the BEND. Or, June IS. (Special.) At 300th anniversary of the birth of Abbe the annual meeting of the Bend school I de 1' Epee, the founder of deaf mute ""atticf. held yesterday, tho first want-1 education. of dynamite at Camp 32, on the con struction line of tho Wenatchee-Pa' teros extension of the Great Northern Railway, 45 miles northwest of here late this afternoon- . Meager details of the accident were received here tonight. Those killed are said to be an American and two Greeks, names unknown. The dead and Injured are being rushed to Wenatchee by boat. A corps of physicians is awaiting the arrival of the vessel. From latest advices a groun of la borers was at work in a rock cut, the charge had been laid and the fuse was believed to have burned out. Several men approached the vicinity of the charge to make an examination when the explosion occurred, hurling the ad vancing group of men and stones in the air. The dead men are reported to be badly mangled. Flying stones struck men at a distance of 60 feet. The charge was an unusually heavy one, as the work was in extra hard rock formation between Chelan Falls and Knapps Ferry. This is the first fatality occurring -since 3000 men started work on the extension a month ago. A Columbia River boat, carrying the injured is expected to reach Wenatchee before morning. . The men were in the employ of Guthrie & McDougall, with temporary headquarters In this city. Owing to the poor means of communi cation, detailB are not known at. the local offices tonight. Efforts to learn the names .of those killed has been futile. YOUWORK . Every day and almost every hour of the day to add to your estate. How many minutes a month do you employ in providing for its dispo sition after you shall have been through with it? ' Have rou giyen this very important matter a single thought? ' Better consult - with" your ' Trust Company, the best, saf.est and most economical trustee, at once. - MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Sixth and Washington Sts. Operr Saturday Evenings 6 to 8. owned by the state, was dedicated with proper ceremonies. Thousands of peo ple packed the new structure and were out in the streets. The exercises of the day started at 1:30 with a concert by the Salem Mili tary Band. At 2:16 the visiting dele gation from Portland arrived over the Oregon Electric, where they were met by the local militia and others, who acted as escort. Visiting officers from Portland and Vancouver Barracks, with their ladies. were taken on an automobile trip about the city, and at 6 o'clock were enter tained by the officers at a banquet at the Marion Hotel, while the visiting privates were entertained at dinner at the same time in the armory. In the evening a grand ball at the armory completed the dedication serv ice. . The new armory is a handsome struc ture, finely equipped and cost $40,000. Of this the state paid 820,000. Salem $9000, Marion County 89000, and the bal ance was raised by popular subscrip tion. LAW SHOWS ABSURDITY CORPORATION ACT DEMANDS PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. SALEM ARMORY OPENS BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE AS STRUCTURE IS DEDICATED". Portland Delegation Attends, Pro gramme in $40,000 Building, and Grand Ball. SALEM, Or., June 18. (Special.) With practically all of the business dis trict of Salem .closed, proceedings at Chicago were forgotten for a time this Statute Orders Reports for Business Up to June 30 Filed on or Be fore July 1, or Pay Fine. SALEM, Or., June 18. (Special.) What Is an apparent absurdity in the corporation laws of the state is cre ating considerable difficulty and arous ing complaints from many companies from all over the United States. The law provides that, annual re ports must be filed with the Secretary of State on or before July 1. These reports must be reports of business up to and including June 30, or one day before the last day provided for filing reports. This is a physical impossi bility to comply with in the case of nearly every corporation in the state, with the possible exception of a few ocated close to the capltol. Corporation Clerk Babcock today again Issued a warning to mining com panies that they must have their. re ports as to their business filed on or before July 1, if they wish to take ad vantage of the 1911 act. This act pro vides that reports of mining companies which show that for the calendar year, next preceding ending December 31, that the company had no greater out put than 31000 thefee will be but 310. Otherwise, if the report is not received, the corporation will be charged on the same schedule of fees as other cor poratlons. As many mining' companies have excessive, or great capitalization the difference in fees is large if they fall to comply with the law. Pe Ell to Celebrate Fourth. CENTRALIA, Wash.. June 18. (Spe clal.) Arrangements have been com pleted for a big July Fourth celebra tion to be held in Pe Ell. The mer- afternoon when the handsome new j chants of the town are contributing armory, the finest in Oregon mat is liberally lor ine event. LOW FARES EAST ROVHD-TRIP TICKETS TO PRIN CIPAL CITIES IW MIDDLE WESTERN- AND EAST ERN STATES. AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO VIST THE OLD HOME. Nnrlarfc. S1SSOW St. Paul. . . 60.00 Toronto... ILM S107.SO Chlcace... 71.50 Dcnvev M.0S aty.. Bv.M Wash ton.. 107.M PBOrOBTIONATBLT REDUCED TARKH TO MANX OTHER POINTS TICKETS ON SALE Intermittently to September 10th. The Short Line East is via 0.-W. R. &&Q. S L Union Pacific Lines Protected by Automatic Block Signal THREE THROUGH TRAINS DALLY . -10 A. M. "Oregon-Washington Limited." 8 P.M. "Portland and Paget Sound Express." - Both to Chioago via C-W. E. 4 N, O. S. L TJ. P. and C&N-W. - BP. 1L Soo-Spokane-Portland "Train de Luxe" to St. Pan, via Spokane and Soo Lane. EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE STRICTLY HIGH-CLASS Let ns aid yon in outlining A DELIGHTFUL SUMMER'S OUTING dtr Ticket Office. Third and Washington Streets, Portland. ' Summer , Comfort Cool and comfortable are these light-weight Summer suits. Soft grays and tans, tailored by . hand. : Semi -English, box r back, con servative. Priced $15 and $20; "they're es pecially tempting these sunny . days. Come on in the wearing 's fine. Something that's "growing in popularity with the men folk: , These navy serge Uorfolks at $20. . , Cooling, comfortable, temperature-reducers. ' - ' Ben Selling Leading Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth Straws and Panamas Light-weight Underwear Shirts Half Hose Pajamas In the Mountains and at the Shore' THE BELL sign" means"that" youare':in't6uch with home and business. It adds to the com fort and benefits of vacation days in that it removes the anxieties of distance and separation: Look for the Bell sign You can reach over 450,000 Bell Telephone stations on the Pacific Coast through .the local and long distance lines.- iEveryBell Tele f phone is a Long Distance Station. , --, " i ' - ' The Pacificj Telephone and Telegraph Comp any