Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 13, 1913, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IOKXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913. 14 AGTINGGONSULHERE LATE PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW BROADWAY BRIDGE, WHICH AFTER APRIL 1. WILL COMPLETED SOON Every Article in White . .i . . w . . . , Reduced INCREASING DAILY ysre Lewis E. Bernays Arrives to Succeed Late Mr. Laidlaw. Portland Grows With Stu pendous Strides During "Dull" Period. PLACE IS BUT TEMPORARY Probability Is That British Foreign orrice Will Appoint Man Per manently Berore Long to Act for Tiiis Section. 60 NEW PERMITS ISSUED Contract Goods Only Excepted 16 ITY m 77 PA t 7 Improvements of Civic and Public Service Property Is Keeping Pace With Development In Ail Other Lines. Portland people have become so well accustomed to the changes that take place, almost overnight, in the skyline of the city, and so used to walking under arcadf.d streets where new structures are rising: in the place of old, that as a rule they take the vast building activities of the city pretty much as a matter of course. When one does top to look about him and take cognizance of the work' that is in pro cess or is just beginning, he is apt to realize with a shock of pleasant sur prise the stupendous strides that the city Is steadily making. At this season, the mid-Winter, when building activities supposedly should be at low ebb, there are building and other improvement enterprises on foot, enough to stir the admiration of any other city on the Pacific Coast, even in its busiest season. 60 Structures Authorised. Aside from the building In the busi ness section, and the extenstve paving and railway developments, the rise of new structures In the resident districts lias no intermission. Within the first eleven days of the present year more .than 60 building permits for residences were Issued, while in every section of the city many new residences are al ready In construction. With the decision of the commission practically settled, the construction of the municipal v auditorium upon the market block site will be begun within a very short time and the plans an nounced indicate one of the finest structures of its kind and size in the United States. Excavation work was started Satur day for the big Flelshhacker building on the Flttock block. This will be an eight-story structure covering the en tire block and housing besides Its mod ern office rooms, one of the finest thea , tors in the city. The demolition of the old Marquam v building is wearing completion and at the Instant the last of the debris from the old structure Is taken away, upon new foundations will begin to rise the now Northwestern National Bank building, 12 stories high and costing approximately 750,0"0. Ilulldlug Xeailng Completion. Just across Seventh street, the 10 story office building of the Multnomah Security Company Is already well on toward completion and, within half a block, on the corner of Seventh and Yamhill, the new theater building cf Sullivan & Consldlne is still further advanced toward completion. North pn Seventh street, at Oak. tl" New ore-.- sron Hotel Annex is practically com pleted and will be ready for opening within the coming month. At Sixth and Washington and about the old Empress Theater the wreckers ' are at. work preparing for two more great structures which are to be begun Immediately. At Sixth end Washington the new 12-story Wilcox building to be occupied by physician!.' offices, and re sembling the Cobb building, of Seattle, will stand. On the adjacent corner at West Park and Washington will rise from the wrecking of the old buildings that now stand there, the lawyers' building of the Fidelity Trust Company, .six stories in height. Such aro the improvements that are going on within a zone of not more than five Mocks. Other Improvement Numerous. In other sections of the city the new Multnomah County Courthouse, the Central Library building, the new Fail ing schoolhouse and the new municipal Jail aro among buildings already in process of construction and adding their share to the lightning changes of the skyline of Portland. Add to these building improvements other enterprises, such as the electrifi cation of the Southern pacific line, the laying of extensive new watermalns in South Portland, the rapid advance In construction work on the Broadway bridge, the work of widening Seventh street, the rreat terminal improve ments of the Hill and Harriman lines upon the East Side, the Linnton fac tories, the dozen or more warehouses and other business buildings that are to commence construction within the coming six weeks: and even then the story of the improvement work that is under way or Imminent Is not all told, for one must still let one's eye run on over the growing List of apartment m houses and minor structures thRt are rising in every section of the city. Taken one at a time these projects may not arouse more than a passing sentiment of admiration, but when one takes a hlrd'srye view of the whole situation, it assumes proportions that are startllngly imposing. MRS. JULIA ROYAL IS DEAD Widow of Dr. Osnion Royal Suc cumbs After Brief Illness. Mrs. Julia Royal, widow of rr. Osmon Royal, died at the Portland Convalescent Home yesterday after a brief illness. Mrs. Royal had been a resident of Portland for nearly 25 years, and was a prominent member of Grace Meth odist Church. She also was a mem ber of the Home Missionary Society. Mrs. Royal was born In 1'tiea. N. Y In 18SS. and was graduated from I'tlca Academy, after which she studied for several terms at the New York Art School in the city of New York. In 1SS8 Fhe-was murried to Dr. Royal. The wedding took place at her home In New York City, but Immediately thereafter they came to Portland to live. For many years they lived at Kust Seventeenth and East Morrison Mreets. which was their home until after Pr. Royal's death two years ago. One son. Osmon Royal. Jr., is their only child. He lives in Portland.i Mrs. Royal's death recalls the sud den end of the life of her husband, which took place while attending the - football game between Washington High High School, of Portland, and Oak Park High School, of Chicago, December 31, lsin. Dr. Royal was a graduate of Wil lamette i'niverslty and of Wesleyan I'ntversity, at Delaware, O. At the time of his death he was president of the Oregon State Board of Medical Kxamlners. He was a charter mem ber of Grace Methodist Church, and president of the Men's Social Union, jf that congregation. r?estcal: lowest price. Edlefscn. ? I mil a !- i yii BtSCULE OX WEST EXD OP ' Time for Opening Broadway Viaduct Indefinite. STEEL WORK NEARLY DONE Multiplicity of Petal Is and Award of Separate Contracts Sure to Delay, bqt Street Approaches Will lie in Readiness. It will be April 1 or later with the accent on the word "later" before the public will be permitted to ride, walk or be carried across the new Broadway bridge. Construction work is progressing all right, but then there are a lot of delays which always are incident to a big job like this, and these delays are present in divers forms. - Wrhile there Is no particularly seri ous delay, a good many minor difficul ties have served to extend the day of probable completion two or three months past the allotted period, which ends on Monday, February 3. Steel Work Is to Be Done on Time. The Pennsylvania Steel Company, which has the contract for the general superstructure, is almost sure to have Its portion of the work done on time. But there is a whole lot to do after the steel work Is finished to make the job a bridge. For instance, wires have to be placed and rails have to be laid so that Mr. Josselyn's trolley cars can run across It. Also, the ornamental iron poles which are to bear the glow ing cluster lights similar to those on the other bridges, have to be put up. Contracts for all this work to be let independent of the contract of the steel company. More or less delay probably will be occasioned by the decision to place a third rail on each side of the double .track. This third .rail is necessary, be cause the Council wants regular stand ard gauge cars as well as the smaller, narrow gauge cars to run over the bridge. Machinery to Be Placed. The west wing or bascule of the span over the channel of the river is just about done. It sticks up Into the air now to almost its full height. The easT- bascule will be finished within 30 days. Then the counter weights will be placed and the bascules will be per mitted to fold down and come together in the center. Meanwhile the machinery must be put in place. This will take a few weeks or a month. Contracts' already have been let for the paving at ether end of the struc ture. On account of wet weather work has been delayed. Excavations for the concrete base nt the Broadway approach- have been completed. The folly of finishing the bridge without having an approach at one end will not be duplicated at Broadway, as it was at the east approach to the new railroad bridge. The approach at Seventh street, on the West Side, likewise will be finished by the time the bridge is done. GRANGE OFFICIALS SEATED Lents and Woodlawu Ceremonies Presided Over By Mrs. Xiblin. At the annual meeting of Ients Grange Saturday. Mrs. E. A. Niblin In- t.ll.!! ha fntlnoitnir nfffnArS for tllS ensuing year: Master. T. J. Kreuder: overseer. Estella Katzky; ' lecturer. Maude K- uamau; siewara. juran .to son: assistant steward, W. A. Young: lady assistant steward. Lillian Thomas; crfcplatn. Jennie R- Miller: treasurer. Ida M. Faler: secretary. Sirs. W. Hotrhklss: gatekeeper. Anthony Merrl thew; Pomona, Hazel Thomas: Flora, Muriel Smith: Ceres. Freda Folkman. - The Ints Grange degre team gave the exemplified work. W. A. Young delivered a short lecture on the "His tory and Purpose of the Grange." About 200 attended. 4S being children from the public schools. Saturday night Mrs. Nlblen Installed the officers of Woodlawn Grange as follows: Master. J. W. Black: over seer. Anna ratton:-lecturer, Mrs. S. E. Windle; steward. Mary Armstrong: sec retary. Dr. W. E. Slater: treasurer, J. E. Stansbury: chaplain, Mrs. R. E. Conn: lady assistant steward. Jean Hvatt: assistant steward. H. Stansbury: Flora. W. E. Siater: Ceres. Mrs. J. E. Stansbury: Pomona, Mrs. F. J. Hyatt; musician. Nellie Ingland. MORALS COURT FAVORED Btsbop Scadding Speaks on Report . of Vice Commission. Bishop Scadding preached yesterday morninc at St Andrew's Church, bas ing his sermon on the report of the vice commission Just made to the Slayer. His subject was: "The Legal and Police Aspects of the Social Evil." Taking for his text "Wist not that I SPAN OVER CHANNEL OF RIVER NEARLY COMPLETE EAST BASCITLB BEING BUILT. must be about my father's business?" He said that while he did not approve of -clergymen preaching political ser mons, especially when partizan in char acter, he did believe in their express ing themselves strongly on great ques tions of right and wrong, of morals, law and human society. All this, he said, was the "father's business," whlcl: demanded careful attention. Indorsing the vice commission's report, he de clared the law was inefficient in con trolling commercialized vice, and urged the recommendation that the Council of the City of Portland memorialize the Legislature for the passage of the act which would suppress commercial ized vice. Men and women arrested for this class of crime are either sub normal or abnormal, he declared, and should be treated as such by a special court by a-judge whose training will equip him to handle such cases. Bishop Scadding supported the rec ommendation that the Legislature should create a "morals court," where persons coming within its jurisdiction would be dealt with on the principle of reformation and not of punishment. "You cannot legislate above a man's conscience," said the Bishop, ' "and no amount of legislation will drive out the social evil from a city of 200.000 Inhabitants, but good laws, and an ac tive and Intelligent determination to enforce thein can do much to make the business of vice both ha-zardous and unprofitable." FAMOUS BEAUTY COMING MRS. 1A.NGTRY HEADL-IN'ER. AT ORPHECM THIS WEEK. Actress, Who in Trlvate Life Is Iady de Batbe, Has High Place in English Social Circles. Mrs. Langtry, famous as a beautiful woman and whose artistry has num bered her among the world's great actresses, will arrive from Seattle this morning to reign as headliner at the Orpheum here for a week. Mrs. Lang try ad her little company will pre sent "The Test," adapted from Sardou's play, "The Peril." in which she achieved one of her most notable successes. From the beginning of her tour on the Orpheum circuit Mrs. Langtry has won great praise from newspaper critics, who have extolled her not only for her capable acting, but for her beauty, which, they say. has not faded In the least. In the sketch in which Mrs. Langtry will appear for the first time at the Orpheum today she takes the -role of' an English society woman. Mm. Langtry tLady de Bathe) at the Orpheum. A realistic swoon is a feature of the finale of the act. Robert McKjm, celebrated as the hero In numerous photoplays, is Mrs. Langtry's leading man in her vaude ville vehicle. McKim was affiliated with prominent moving-picture con cerns in the East and in his tour along the Orpheum chain of theaters he has been recognized by patrons of the "movies" as the leading man seen in many recent picture-, dramas. Mrs. Langtry's vaudeville engage ment heTe records her first visit to Portland in many years. In real life she Is Lady de Bathe and her title places her among England's elite, her social functions shining as stellar events in London society. UNION SEAT IS CONTESTED Hodgin Claims Election lo Leglsla. tu re. But Kiddle Has Certificate. John S. Hodgln, Democrat, will carry into the Legislature his contest for a seat' in the House as Representative from Union County. He declares he was elected by a majority of five votes over E. E. Kiddle. A recount was had with this result. At Salem the position of Mr. Kiddle and Mr. Hodgin is peculiar, as Secre tary of State Olcott has given Mr. Kiddle a certificate of election, but the. result of the. recount is also on file in Mr. Olcott's office. The case will be tried out before the credentials com mittee at the Capital today or tomor row. ' ' to x r- vyL i : 5 A M BOBS WOMAN Thief Holds Up Proprietress of Richelieu, Taking $7. GUNS KEEP OFF PURSUERS Servant Girl Follows at Distance, Calling to Persons on Street to Stop Robber, but Xo One Gi ves Ass ista nee. Almost within a stone's throw of the police station a man entered the Rich elieu rooming-house. 33 North Sixth street, yesterday afternoon, and held up the proprietress, Louise Trol ville, taking $7, all- the money she had - in the house. Then, backing down the - stairs, with a gun in each hand, he threatened to shoot anyone who followed him. Rose Bortinier, a servant girl, rushed after him, crying excitedly to bystanders to "stop that man," but they paid no at tention to her.. The thief walked up An ken y to Seventh- street, where he turned toward Burnside street, and dis appeared. A Japanese lodger notified the police, and Patrolmen Eurri and Burke hurried to the scene. "I was in my room when suddenly a man entered, and shut the door behind him," Louise Troiville told the officers. "He had two guns in the pocket of his overcoat, though I did not know it just then. He smiled at me and then said L!I want all the money you have, and I want it quick He took out two re volvers. 1 screamed for Rose, and then he struck me on the nose, though not hard, with the revolver, -felling me he'd shoot me if I said another word. I had only $7 in a drawer, but I delayed him as long as I could, talking loudly so that some one might hear me, and just as hed got mV money and I was jtellmg him lie could take all there was as long as he left me alone, Rose entered the room. Although the rob ber was armed. Rose tried to stop him, but he held her at bay, and also a Jap anese boy who had heard me scream and came to the room." The man backed down the stairs to the Ankeny-street entrance, and warned them not to follow him. The Bortimer girl, however, followed at a distance, crying to people in the street to stop the man, but they gave no as sistance,- she declares. The robber is describfd as being about 25 years old, weighing 170 pounds, tall, full face, clean shaven, brown hair, light complexioned, wear ing a black and white checkered Eng lish cap, brown trousers, dark over coat and black shoes. As he left he put the guns in his overcoat pocket and walked away without any evi dence of baste. MAZAMAS CLIMB IN RAIN Party of 18 Scales Heights From South Portland. The rains of yesterday did not deter the Mazama "hikera" from taking: their usual walk. A party of 18 made the trip from South Portland up the hill by "The Castle" and by way of Portland Heights to Council Crest, thence down the long ridge leading by .agle Point to South Portla,nd. whence all tramped back to the center of town. This route, taken in fair weather, is one from which a variety of scenic views can be had, and every foot of it Is within the city limits. As the rain,' and also the fog on the heights, prevented sightseeing, the club will re peat the -walk after the rainy season is over. The following took the tramp: Arthur A. Allen. Marguerite Backus. J. E. Bronaugh. .1. C. Bush, Anna C. Dillin ger, J. T. Dillon, Mrs. H. Ehiicke, W. P. Hardest!-. Alan J. Lane, D. P. Lamb, Cllffordd Lee. F. P. Luetters, H. It Prouty. Rose Coursen Reed, E. C. Sam mons. W. A. Spence, J. T. Tuttle and A. B. Williams. PROFITS LIMITATION AIM Bill Provides That Corporations Pay ' Excess Gains Into State. A bill for an act limiting the profits of express and telegraph companies win be introduced at the coming ses sion of the Legislature by Representa tive Parson, of Lane County. The bill is framed on the theory that, after deducting legitimate expenses, a reasonable allowance for depreciation and a reasonable profit from the gross earnings of pifblic utility corporations, the companies should be compelled to pay the balance of their earnings to the state as their annual license fee. This would cause these companies to lower their rates to such an extent that only a reasonable profit will be earned, according to the author. The bill also provides that telephone companies shall be compelled to fur nish physical connections with all farm ers' and Independent lines. Lewis E. Bernays, the young British diplomat who has been appointed to succeed, temporarily, the late James Laidlaw as consul tor the British gov ernment in Portland, arrived in the city yesterday and will take immedi ate charge of the office. Mr. Bernays will rank as" acting consul and may be retained here in that capacity indefinitely. It is prob able, however, that a consul will be appointed as soon as the British fore ign office at London gives due con sideration to the subject. Mr. Bernays has been in the con sular service for two years and during all that time has been located at New Orleans in the capacity of vice-consul. He received preliminary training In the foreign office and passed a year in India, and in various European coun tries studying foreign languages. Late Comal Pralnrd. "It is dUstressirug to come here tin der these circumstances." said Mr. Bernays at the Portland Hotel yester day. "Althoegh I never met Mr. Laid law, I heard much of him. He ranked high in the estimation of the foreign office and was known by reputation to nearly every one in the service." Mr. Bernay's toft New Orleans a week ago Friday, intending to come to Portland to relieve Mr. Laidlaw. who had been granted a sick leave. 'While traveling through Arizona last Mon day he learned of his death. He was delayed in reaching Portland on ac count of train accidents. The territory under his jurisdiction will be the same as that of which Mr. Laidlaw had charge Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. It Is one of tlie most Important posts in the British consular service. Portland is one of the four cities in the United States having British consulates. The others are Savanna, Galveston and St. Louis. The offices at New York, Boston. New Orleans, San Francesco and Chicago are in charge of consuls-general. Seniority Rule tlovernx. The consu'Jar service Is organized the same as the army or the navy. Seniority gains preference in appoint ments and promotions. The office of consul ranks jnuch higher than that of -vice-consul. - It is for this reason that Air. BemaQ's does not expect to be appointed permanently to fill the local office. An older man is almost certain to receive the appointment. British resident of Portland, how ever, expect that a vice-consul will be named for the lncal office In addition to the consul. In that event Mr. Ber nays may be rertaSned here. LAWRENCE SUPPORTS BILL Workman's Compensation Act to Be Introduced in Legislature. "The workman's compensation act, which has been drafted by the commis sion appointed by tlpvcrnor West, will be introduced b"y me at the earliest op portunity alforded in Jhe session of the Oregon Legislature, which opens to morrow," said A. W. Iawrence, Repre sentative from Multno'lnali County, last night. 1 '.'I have known the tlbree men of or ganized labor, who aidted in drafting this measure, for a nuoiher of years, and know them to be jnen of high ideals, found judgment -and humane natures. I have followed the growth of the idea of compensation in other states and know it to be advocated by those who have at heart the best in terests of the, working pemple, organ ized or unorganized. "I am impelled to Introduce this measure and to assist In, its passage because it Is right in fundamental prin ciples, because the provisions ef the bill have been worked out to the most practical solution possitfle with the experience of 16 other states in this country to draw from, in- addition to the experiences of several Ooreign coun tries. i "The conservative 'element In organ ized labor the element whlch quietly and unselfishly works for the advance ment of humanity and strives for peace, harmony and pruspertty for themselves and all the wage-earners is strongly in favor of this bill, for it awakens a responsive chord in tihem. "The bill aims to sujppiement the lia bility law, not to supplant it, in the struggle of the toilers for immunity from accidents rather than indemnity for them; to give the injuTed work man and those dependent upon him compensation sufficient to prevent suf fering and the destruction of home and family ties; to supplant the "gambler's chance- of a wind-fall from lengthy, expensive litigation, with the 'sure thing' of prevention from starvation and pauperism; to prevent costly civil actions for damages, the results of which are usually unsatisfactory' from a monetary standpoint, of such long duration that it entails in untold suf fering the -people most vitally inter ested, and finally results in a vicious frenzy of class hatred that amounts al most to civil war. . "This, and much more, the law seeks to correct. And the more study given its provisions, the more deeply rooted is the conviction that it will make good in every one of its aims and objteeia Therefore - it should be enacted and given a fair trial." SEATTLE AFTER 1915 MEET Elks Invited to Hold National Con vention in City by the Sound. Seattle Elks are conducting an active campaign for the 1915 National con vention. Nearly all the members of the Se attle Ad Club, who attended the In augural ceremonies of the Portland Club on Saturday night, also are mem bers of the Seattle Lodge of Elks. They lost' no time while in the city to make known the fact that Seattle wants the grand lodge meeting the year of the big fair at San Francisco. They nave badges, pennants and literature an nouncing their intention of entertain ing the Elks of the Nation on their way to and from the exposition. Seattle formally launched its cam paign at the grand lodge meeting in Portland last Summer and has been busy ever since. A large delegation of Seattle residents will go to the grand lodge meeting in Rochester next July to press their claims further. Mrs. Miller to Give Recital. Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller, a well-known concert contralto of this city, will be the soloist at a recital to be given this Savings in Women's Undermuslins Laces, Embroideries Table and Bed Linens White Wash Goods, White Gloves White Hosiery, 'Kerchiefs, Etc. Our Gigantic January Event in EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED CONTRACT GOODS ONLY EXCEPTED fiffkSixtkMorrison. Aden Ctneet. STORE OF January Sale of Pure Foods Begins This Morning . Our regular Mid-Month Sale of Pure Foods tbe big monthly event that brings hundreds of savings onvstapl3 and fancy Groceries, begins this morning and continues through out the week. A full-page in yesterady-'s Oregonian gave the details. Order now the needs for; weois to'cerae. "Standard" Tabl, Peaches and Apricots, 2 cans, 25 Eastern Corn, 6 cans at 45 Maine Corn, 6 cans for 70 Asparagus Tips, 2 cans, 35 Supreme Fork and Beans, two cans, 25 Carnation Solid Pack Tomatoes, 2 cans, 25 Blue Label Catsup, 25c bottles for 18 . Walter Baker's 25c Cocoa, can for 19 PHONE ORDERS TAKEN morning at 11 o'clock In the ballroom of the Multnomah Hotel, the event be ing under the auspices of the Monday Musical Club. The piano accompanist Is R. J. Hutchinson. The vocal pro gramme: "Where Corals Lie" and "Sea rVctures" (Elgrar): "Irish Love Sons" (Lang): "Less Than the Cloud" (Har old Vincent Milllgan, lately of this city); "A Perfect Day" (Carrie Jacobs Bond); "Tonight" (Zardo); "Ah, Not a Drop That from Our Cups We Throw" CJ The exceptional service offered by our Victor Department will enable you to make your selection, both in machines and records, easily and quickly. : J Every employe is a Talking Machine Specialist who knows your special needs . and delights in serving you. C We sell more Victrolas than any house in the West and surely we know them well. Victrolas $15 to $200 Terms $5 Monthly and Upwards Talking Machines and Records SEVENTH AND MORRISON STREETS Wl Progress i IS 13 Royal Baking Powder, special pound can, 40 I Victor Coffee, pound for 30 I WoiPrfranfr fnf fat nAnnrl "ti Graham Flour, in sacks, special at 3C Sliced Pineapple, 3 cans 50 Salaton, 2 large flat cans, 25 Imported Sardines, can at 30 Butternut Butter, 2 lbs., 70 Devondale Butter, 2 lbs., 70 30c Dependable Tea, half-pound for 25 FROM 7 A. M. DAILY and "The Worldly Hopes Men Set Their Hopes Upon" ("A Persian Garden") and "Sapphic Ode" (Brahms). New York Stale Society to Meet. The New York State Society will hold its regular meeting at Chrlstensen's Hall, Eleventh and Yamhill streets. Tuesday evening. Election of offi cers for the year will be held and all members are asked to attend. The Best Place to Buy Your Victrola r