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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1913)
1913. ZEPPELINS FLY FAR litigants. The Judge quoted scripture to the relaUves In trying to bring them together., A. Bcllencourt accuses his brother Enos of trying to beat him out of his half Interest in a 640-acre farm !n Lane County purchased for $14.40 In 1307 and lately traded for improved Portland property. It was said that Enos Pellencourt put up the cash payment. 1400. when the farm was purchased, and that the deed was made out to them Jointly, and that thereafter be kept paying the in terest on the 18000 mortgage. A. liellenrourt. however, lived on the land and improved It. When the trade was made he says that his name was left out of the deed for the Portland prop erty. He is willing that bis brother should have the property in this city, but wants S::.10. the amount he es timates his half Interest In the farm was worth after deducting what he Supposed Flights Over Eng land Are Discussed. t t ,N FEAT IS DEEMED POSSIBLE V -r V - V , Military Expert Say German May He Instruments 'Which Will Permit Them to Counteract Ship' Drifting-. at Wr . - f ? tfSl wiitfc . -njc-T .: MORNING OREGOXIANV fllTJRSDAY, APRIL. 3, I i. . . . . .- . . ... : ..- : v . Nje X S-tOi LONDON. April - (Special.) The military expert of the Standard says: The theory generally put forward that the mysterious airships which hare been scaring the Brltisn are Ger man I being disputed n Jh. Itround fiat it would be impossible for any dirigible to cross from Germany un observed. If it arrived owr th E ng lish roast aa early aa 9 or 10 P. M. To -et there at that hour the vessel would have to start In the daylight and some, body would be certain to see and re port lla flight. "Suppose that the vessel in question Is a new Zeppelin and that it starts from Heligoland. The distance be tween that Island and Grimsby Is more than 30u miles. ' It is known that the ship can make 60 miles an hour under favorable conditions, and with the east winds that have prevailed of late they would be very favorable. Dlrlalble Hard to See. "It would be possible, then, for the vessel to make Grimsby in live hours. Starting: at 4 P. M, it would be over The English roast at S. and the nrst hour or hour and a quarter of the Jour ney would be made in daylight. But It would be the (tray, fog-tmpregnated ilaylight of a "W inter s day. The ves sel ould shoot up into it silently and quickly and In a moment or two would merge its own Bray shape into its Bray surroundings and become invisible to anyone on earth. "That Is where the airship scores over the areoplane. It can sail fear lessly In the dark and the fog. Deli cate Instruments show the altitude at which the ship is movlnar. the compass Five the direction and the air contain no obstacles to navigation like the sea. no uncharted rocks, no shifting sands, and air currents have no terrors for the huge and powerful Zeppelins. There will be drift, of course, but It may be that the navigators of the Zeppelins possess Instruments which enable them to make allowance for that as they go alone. "In any case the course kept would t so straight aa to bring; the snip within a mile or two of her destination and a ftaab of the searchlight wouli tell the navigating officer where he was. It is highly probable that in the course of their experimental voy aces the German airmen have charted the currents of the North Sea and learned exactly what allowance to make for drift. Vrnug Flights Made. "Regarding the question of ability to keep the air: That la a simple mat ter for a Zeppelin. A non-stop flight of more than IS hours and more than 1000 miles has been officially recorded, hut that Is certainly not the best, (hat the Zeppelins have done: the German government does not tell Its secrets to the world. It would be well within the mark to say that a Zeppelin could remain In the nlr. at a pinch, for four . nays and nlchts. but It Is unlikely that she would be able to maneuver during the whole of that time. "If we took the case of a Zeppelin startlnir from Cologne, say for Dover, it would be still easier to account for Its movements bclns unobserved. The distance between the places mentiond Is 240 miles, nr a matter of tour hours' sailing. At this time of the year the whole of the Journey could be made between nightfall and :30 P. M. To reach Portsmouth from Cologne an . uthcr two hours would be necessary." 'RED' STEALS LOCOMOTIVE Throttle Wide Open, Indian Has "Heap Much Fun" at Klamath. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, April I. Special.) Inspired by several "shots" of Klamath Falls firewater. C J. Stone role, an Indian from Sacramento. Cal.. today raptured a mogul locomotive in the Southern Pacific yards and held it for two hours against all comers. Stonecole thought' he was preparing to take a train back to Sacramento. He shot the locomotive op and down the trarks southeast of this city at a record-breaking clip. After tiring of the toy he quietly surrendered to the police. Police Judge Leavitt assessed a fine of 17.50 and the Indian produced a poke full of wampum, paid for his fun and left town. The railroad refused to prefer charges or collect rent on the bor rowed us Inf. FLORENCE C0NS1D1NE HERE Seattle) f.irl, Now Mrs. Conlon. rtiuorc South for nonejmoon. Mr. and Mrs. T. U. Conlon (Florence ConsidlneV whose wedding at Seattle Monday was a big society event, passed the day In Portland yesterday on their way South. The couple registered at Hotel Fortland. where the bride literal ly was showered with bouquets, her ninny Portland friends sending coo- .,ti'atory messages to greet her up n her arrival here. T-e couple departed on the Shasta Limited last night for Los Angclce. Their drawtng-rot.m was transformed ' win. a bower of roses, so numerous were the floral gifts sent by the Port Ian. 1 friends of the couple. In wishing them Godspeed. Mr. and Mrs. Conlon attended the matinee at the Empress yesterday, the bride then seeing her father's new Portland theater for the Iirst time. Li a L J" e t i- 3 f i r i ' W. F. McComba. Who 1 Said to Be Ready to Accept Post la France. owed the brother on account of the initial and interest payments. M'COfiS MAY ACCEPT REPORT IS HE WILL GO TO FRANCE AS AMBASSADOR. Determination to Take Post Said to Be Result of Belief That Large Outlay Will Xot Bo Required. WASHINGTON. April 2. W. F. Jlc Combs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is reported on ap parently trustworthy authority to have advised President Wilson by telephone -.i-k tmm Vw Y nr k that he would accept the post of Ambassador to France. Neither continuation nor ce ntal of the persistent report was ob tainable at the White House tonight "T" V. ...rntlnfltlnn to accent the dlO- lomatic post after having declined it In spite of pressure brought to bear upon him was said by Mr. McCombs' friends to have been Influenced large ly by the conviction that the embassies during the Wilson Administration were to be maintained within the bounds of the salaries paid. ITER MAINS ORDERED ENGINEER DIRECTED TO RUSH PLANS FOR WORK. RICH CLUBMAN IS DIVORCED Wife of Walter Hobart Charges Cru elty and Prunkennes. .X FRANCISCO. April i. Mrs. Hannah llobart. wife of Walter Hobart. a wealthy clubman, polo player and athlete, was granted an Interlocutory dwree of dlvor.:e today. Both are so--:lly prominent. Cruelty and drunk enness were the charges. fcy the d.-cree Mrs. Hohart receives rutody of their three young children. ir. llobcrt was formerly Miss Hannah Wl'llams. Hobart did not contest the suit. JUDGE FAILS AS PACIFIER Brother Continue IjiwFiilt After Court Quote SkTlplurr. Judge V-;mn tried in vain yester day to settle a lawsuit being tried In his court. In which A. Pellencourt and Eaes Bellcncourt. brothers, are the Mayor Trges) Immediate Action to Meet Demand and Give Em ployment to Idle Men. Mayor Rushlight appeared before the Water Board yesterday afternoon and urged the members to take action that will Insure the immediate laying of a large number of water mains through out the city. The members at once passed an order, directing Chief Engi neer Clarke .to rush blue prints and to arrange for the furthering of the work. "The city needs these mains badly." said tho Mayor, "and there are some Idle men who are wanting to go to work. There is every reason why we should lay the mains, therefore, and put these men to work. In this man ner we probably can avoid the com plaints that sometimes are made In the Summer, when lack of mains causes a deficiency. 1 hope the Board will see fit to order Immediate work ou these roafna." T. B. Wilcox, who was presiding, asked Chief Engineer Clarke if the pipes are available for the work, and Mr. Clarke replied that there is an ample supply at hand. I feel as tho Mayor does," said Mr. WUrox. "I see no reason why we should not proceed with the work with out delay and that will be the order." The Mayor nlso called attention to the proposed lowering of the big con duits In the river, and said he believed that the Board should advertise for bids for this work at once. They have to be lowered to conform to the river regulations. The Board authorised the Pltv Auditor to advertise for bids. An official communication from the u.vor of Llnnton was received, setting forth that the town had voted $100,000 for Installing a system tor water, ana asking that the Water Board of Port land proceed with Its part of a con tract to supply imniou wua sun nua water- Chairman Wilcox directed Engineer Clarke to arrange for the installation of the necessary pipe to connect the Bull Knn system with the Llnnton pipes at the Portland city limits, as soon as the town of Llnnton is ready for the svrvlce. ' MAN IS BOUND AND ROBBED Kennewick Butcher Gives $200 to Save Hands From Sausaso Mill KENNEWICK. Wash.. April 1. (Spe- C!,l. Bound to a sausage-grinder, 4.k .i. haruia forced unoT the sharp knives and threatened with having M,rm c round to nieces, two burglars early this morning forced Chris Chris tt nsen. a local uuirnrr. -mb.k-Ing In nts shop to reveal the hiding place of 1:90. wttb which the robbers escaped. r -. fi-4 s a. THESE TWO G ANTS WILL PULL THE Chicago Grand Opera Specials CARRYING THE f "0 . World's Greatest Artists TO SEATTLE DAY VIA THE 24 CARS Will be used to trans port this great troupe Parlor observation, diners, pullman sleepers, steel coaches and numerous baggage cars make up the equipment TRAVEL RIGHT-IT COSTS NO MORE .,-llatlon and attordins; an opportunity tor mosquitoes were so bad that several of sores caused by 0B "J'f Spad sufferins" than ''tifisof hcSmbfncd IAB0R REPORT OUT tHiS sssss I With 15,000 Persons Destitute, Sir George Askwith Probes "Lemieux" Act Working. DIFFERENCE IS OUTLINED Chief Industrial Commissioner to Board of Trade of Ixmdon 8aye Plan Is Essentially Contrary to Compulsory Arbitration. rnvnov Anril Z. (Soeclal.) The report made by Sir Gteorse Askwith, Chief Industrial Commissioner to the Board of Trade, on the Industrial Dis putes Investigation act oi umm has been Issued as a Parliamentary paper. At the wish of the Imperial sovern- . c - laVvtth visited Can nirri i. cir wcv.b" ........... -- ada In September and October last, and Inquired Into the working: of "hat is popularly Known as ine i"""-a r. He traveled from Quebec to Vancouver Island by way of Calvary, returning; t Ottawa and Montreal by way of the Crow's Nest Pass, and consulted sev eral hundred employers, workmen, trade union officials, public men and government officials at most of the chief Industrial centers. In a covering letter, the Commission er suKBests that an examination of sys- terns employed in mj ; . , . . ki. TK, main eonclu- WOUJU l,rz - ... slons of the report are that the for- wardlno- ot tne (pirn . .... - i - . i i . v. valuable Dor- COI1C1I1BUI.U IB " " ' . , ' tlon of the Canadian Act, and that an Act on these lines, even ii nm nrhth aim at delaying stoppage until after inquiry were omit- ted, woum oe buhouio " In this country. Dlfferaee Wade Kiowo. Tt Is explained that the rtem pro vided by the Act differs essentially eArr.Tiiinrv arbitration. It only endeavors to postpone a stoppage of work in certain inausir.es ir . a a . m- Bnr.ifif nUTDOBf. K . J eke, w irVit nf IT1- It aoe nui uron w v - . .npir.nannU tA terminate pioyers v' i v v(.v ",, , " i . . it dnPR not prohibit a CUIl II sal is, - stoppaa-e either by lockout or strike if It is louna mi at. " - be made which is acceptable to both From the enactment of the Act to September 2. 112. 133 disputes were re- . , , ,ii,.B,vndnt under it- and in rerreu 401 J - . only 15 of those cases were strikes not averted or enaeu. 111 . . , Ilia Hon and in vestlKatlOn established under the Act during the period was lis. me i which application was made for the es . . . . . . .r , hnnrrf V ft eases were taDllsnmein . -- settled before hearing: 107 were re ported upon oy ooaros auu before boards snicu ' " - sion. Xlsaes .n issinrpi. In commenting on the report the Times says: Compulsory aroiiranoa i n a practical Issue, at least for the pres ent. Neither employers nor employed will hear of it. and so Ion, as that is so discussion of Its merits or demerits Is merely an intellectual exercise. But the Canadian plan is different: it In volves but a moderate degree of com pulsion and might conceivably be adopted. "It is therefore worth a careful ex amination. w -The essential feature of the Cana dian evstem Is the Interposition of de lav and publicity before an industrial dispute developa into a strike or lock out, wlto the view ef assisting concile aionctarj- Aid Is Imperative. Z ANE S VILXiB. O.. April 2. This city. considering its size is one of the great est losers financially by the recent flood. The monetary loss here stands between $17,000,000 and 120.000,000, ac cording to estimates by business men's organizations. Belief stations have been feeding? 15, 000 people for the last week. Many of these people are homeless, as 800 to 1000 homes either were swept away or are ready to collapse. Monetary aa slstance'from the outside is Imperative, Illllsboro Benefit Is Given. HILLSBORO, Or., April 2. (Special.) Billsboro turned out en masse at a benefit performance at the Crescent Theater tonight for the Ohio flood suf ferers. The last two acts of two com edies, "Are You a Mason," by local amateurs, and "The Price of His Honor," by the Catholic Young People, constituted the programme, with verbal synopsis of the first two acts of each comedy. Fully $200 will be added to Oregon's relief fund as a result of the perform ance. HEAT IN THE FAR ARCTIC Summer in Far North Is Intolerably Hot, Stefansson Declares. VHhjalmur Stefansson in Harper's Magazine. July wss intolerably hot- We had no thermometer,, but I feel sure that many a day the temperature must have been above 100 deirrees In the sun, and some times for weeks on end there was not a cloud in the sky. At midnight tne sun was what we would say an hour high, so that it beat down on us with out rest the 24 hours through. The hottest period of the day was about 8 o'clock In the evening, and the coolest perhaps or 6 in the morning. The ..T.... H 'HI ' ft?? fcj ljaatajA flfct.. SaOTiai' sVBrit.lt. LOST! A stranger within the city natur allv feels " lost," so far as knowing where to turn to a reliable man for glasses. IMPORTANT! It Is' Important that one should receive honest and competent serv ice. We offer you a choice from thousands of references, which in clude many of the most prominent business men of Portland. WE MAKR "0 CHARGE FOR i;XAMl. ATIO.N S. DAYTON KTF.SHillT SPECIALIST, SOS-a Kwrtliit BolldlnK. Fifth aad Waaataartaa. FUtaFlewr. 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