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THE 3IORXIXG ORE HO XT AX. MONDAY.- JULY 7, 1V13- WEST TOO LUTE TO 'SPITE FENCE" WHICH WILL BE DEMOLISHED - TO END KNOTT-STREET FEUD. TARIFF POINT Store Opens at 8:30 A. M. Closes at 5:30 P.. M. See Sunday's Papers for 2 Full Pages of Clearance News x - -rr.f Opportunity Neglected by Sen ators When Argument Might Have Been Effective. 5 i 4. Everybody Is Plannln 1 g to Visit HOUSE WILL HAVE ITS WAY Advocates of Moderate Duty on Wool and Sugar Outgeneraled by Bryan Protest Has Xo Effect Whatever. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 4. The fact that raw wool la to remain on the free list of the Democratic tariff bill, despite the pro test of a dozen. Democratic Senators, and that sugar Is to go on the free, list at the end of three years. In face of the fact that an equal number of Democratic Senators object to this course, serves to emphasize the fact that, the Democrats Interested in retaining- a duty on wool and. on sugar were "asleep at the switch" when the time was ripe to make their campaign, and when they -awoke the psychologl-. cal moment had passed. "Wool and sugar went on the free list in the House bill because of the insist ence of President Wilson. In the early stages Democratic Senators did noth ing about the tariff. They read in the newspapers that the President was con ferring with the House leaders, but they attached little importance to what was going on, assuming that in due time the Senate, according to custom, would have full, opportunity to amend the House bill, and place a permanent duty on both wool and sugar. ' Western Men Awake Too Late. The result was that when the Under wood bill was agreed on the President announced that he stood by the House bill and would expect the Senate to do likewise. He made it both a party and an Administration measure. It was only when the President made his view clear to everyone that the Western Democrats awoke to the fact that the Senate would not be permitted this time to exercise its usual privi lege, and amend the House tariff bill at will. - With theawakening, "Western Demo cratic Senators and a few others' went to the White House to argue the wool and sugar question with the President. There were several Democrats, whose terms expire in 1916 'who told the Pres ident they would surely be succeeded by Republicans if they were compelled to vote for tho Underwood bill in Its present form. By that time, however. President Wilson had become thoroughly con vinced of the wisdom of his course. He had been persuaded by Democrats who hold decided free trade views, par ticularly Secretary. Bryan, and, as tlnie went on various Democrats, assured him that . free wool and free sugar would not injure the party In the least. The consequence was that when the Western Democrats entered their pro test at the' White House it had no ef fect whatever. Opportunity la Neglected. Had the Western Senators been as adroit as Mr. Bryan and gone to. the President in the early days of his Ad ministration, they might have con vinced him that it was not necessary to make wool and sugar absolutely free in order to carry out the pledges of the Baltimore platform: They had much on their side to ehow that a re duction in , the wool duty to 15 per cent ad valorem would have been accepted by the people as ample, and they might have convinced him that a reduction of 50 per cent or so in the duty on sugar would have been enough to satisfy the popular clamor for tariff reduction. The Democratic Senators most inter ested did not avail themselves of their opportunity; they did not take the President's . position seriously; they thought they could override the Presi dent, and they have awakened, too late. ELEPHANTS' MAKE TROUBLE Orphenm Stage Strengthened and Police Escort Provided. Eight tons of elephant have been causing no end of trouble at the Orpheum for several days past. Miss Orford and her huge beasts are the cause of it all. Following instruc tions from the New York office as well a.s advices from Spokane and Seattle the stage carpenter of the Orpheum has been working for - almost a week to strengthen the runway into the theater as well as bracing the stage from underneath with heavy timber- to supr port 'the combined weight of the animals. The climax came the last of the week when Manager Cofflnberry received an urgent appeal from Miss Orford for police assistance in bringing her charges through the streets without danger to life and property from run aways and other unpleasant disturb ances. The theater management has complied with all requests from Miss Orford and everything is in readiness for the elephants. Two" of them weigh three and - a half tons apiece and the baby tips the scales at one ton. They will arrive this morning from Seattle in their private car and will be un loaded between 8 and 8:30. They will be brought directly from the station to ' the animal room of the theater by way or sixth street. t w J if - : r"- r ;lf. ,i vfWirH r?'" . I.JI, t 4- Arro-rr Shown Hlsh Wall Between Homes of Joe Plyvrockl and Arndt W0RKERGIVESV1EWS Cannery Woman ' Is Satisfied With Her Employment. AGITATORS WELL SCORED SHOOTING OF TOT MYSTERY 7-Vcar-Old Girl Wounded During Affray in "Little Italy." In a mysterious shooting affray in "Little Italy," in Marquam Gulch, yes terday afternoon. llomena Farchl, a girl 7 years old, was shot in the leg, and an untdentifed man was slightly wounded, while the men who did the shooting escaped. The trouble started at a dance given in one of the barracks which cluster ,on the verge of the gulch, and shots were exchanged, of which two went wild and struck bystanders. Then th men fled, and all efforts of Detectives Hill and Ackerman and Patrolmen? Bewley, Coulter and McMichael. to obtain description of them, were fruit less. Cascades Celebrant Injured. STEVENSON", Wash., July 6. (Spe clal.) While attempting . to load an extra large charge of powder in an old muzzle-loading gun. Tom Andros, of Cascades, near here, will lose two fin gers and part of a thumb on Ills left hand. The gun was accidentally dis charged. He was brought here and the wound dressed. Edlefsen's fuel is good fuel. Statement ' Made Setting , Forth Con ditions in Packing , Plant and -Kefuting Charges Made by . Men Street Speakers. PORTLAND, July 3. (To - the Edi tor.) I am a woman past ,46 years of age. I am now. and have been since the opening of the present season,' at work for the Oregon Packing Company, at which there is a strike now in progress. I wish through your paper to state some facts in- connection with this strike. I have earned an average of $1.50 a day on strawberries and cherries. One day I made $2 on berries. Another day I made $2.60 on.berries that I did not have to grade. Some . of the . berries have . been . bad and helped to cut the average, and the cherries do not give as good re turns as berries, yet I and many others working here are much more content to be earning this much than to earn nothing and stand on the street and listen to & lot of spouters who never seem to be content unless fomenting trouble. I am working here for my own good and am trying at the same time to give value received for my wage. My em ployer's interests are mine so long as I remain with him, and when I am not suited I will go my way. We receive gentlemanly treatment at the hands of the manager and all who are in au thority at the cannery. As a matter of business we have to work. So do all who wish to succeed in this world. To my mind we are fairly" treated and are earning an honest living although the banners borne by the -leaders or their hirelings state that no honest woman can do this and be employed by this company. . Strike's Origin Told. The morning this strike was called we began on cherries, and at the price of 10 cents a box it looked as though we could not make- reasonable wages. Some began to talk strike and wanted me to Join. I said: "No, but I will ask KEW MARKET INSPECTOR HAS EXPERIENCE IN WORK OF KINDRED NATURE. 5? i -St LA: -U Nil. ' H. - M. ABraatford. " An expert on question of foods and - sanitation is Mrs..H. M. Bransford, who has been named Additional . Market Inspector by. City - Health Officer Marcellus.' . Medical, , sanitary and inspection work of various kinds in. Eastern cities has fitted her for the posi tion - she-will fill here. - She Is the. second woman to be taken into the inspection service of Portland, the other being Mrs. Sarah ' A. Evans, who is also . a city; market inspector. Mrs. Bransford was associated with Dr. Wlnfleld Scott Hall.. pro fessor of physiology and expert mental dietetics in Northwestern University, Chicago, lor several years. Later she was . superin tendent of the training school for nurses at the University of Mich igan, and later still held a sim ilar position at Wesley Hospital in Chicago. For a considerable time- sh,e was lecturer in the Chicago Training School for City, Home and Foreign Missions and was f corresponding secretary of the I Illinois State Association of j Graduate Nurses. for abetter pay. . We must .not take action without deliberation." There were, as in all such cases, hotheaded ones and . of course : there were' others to follow,- even . if they knew not where they were-led. I was informed by .the' forewoman that theforeman : had told her she should watch, carefully and see what raise it would; be necessary to make to enable pickers to ; earn a reasonable compensation. : ' . . This strike was not : entered into with any forethought or consideration. There.was.no head and no' leader. I am :ure some . regretted their action before theyv had left the house. Sub sequent ; events have proved this sup position to have been correct, as sev eral who . went . out have applied " for reinstatement but without' success. It has been stated by this street mob of spouters that we are compelled to pay 20 cents each for the aprons we use. The facts are These: an apron is issued to - each one and a -charge of 20 cents is made and deducted from the first pay. . When this apron needs to-be replaced by a clean one the soiled one is laundered, and issued to another worker .and. when the -worker- is through with the job' the apron may be returned and the price returned, to her who- made ,the deposit.. - ' Eatera'Not Penalized. . It has beeh proclaimed from the bar rel rostrum on the street that- some girls have-said the eating of a . single cherry resulted in the deduction of " 26 cents. I think that this is wholly un true and malicious, for, I have eaten enough myself to make deductions that would result in a, deficiency or very large proportions, but as yet I have noted no shortage in the amounts due me each pay day. . Now that a majority of us here em ployed ere satisfied to. stand by our employers, who we think are doing fairly by us. we are compelled to listen to the insults of these street howlers, submit to their Jeers, be called-scabs, and in particular to put up with the strident and nerve-racking howls of the female orators who besmirch the very air with their frothy vaporings. These women are the climax. Drawling, ges. ticulatlng, howling and otherwise en deavoring to create disturbances. The cannery is not being stopped, but has gained workers so that it has been necessary to install new tables.- To see a Weary. Willie parading with a can ning apron as a, banner Tritn the m scriptien, "Let . us help you," "naturally arouses the query as to how and where with' he will help. At first thought it was a meental suggestion that he might b . in league with a philanthropist whose money was so much in evidence in our community, during our last state election.- This thought was soon ban ished, as it could not be so closely con nected with soap. -. Where the sinews of war come from to do all - these promised . benevolences and charities is still the. wonder, for this mob 'certainly does not earn even the despised 40 cents per day that Is- so criminal in their eyes. They prefer to stand on the street and incite women and children to violence and desperate deeds and insult the flag. - .This is the type of men who, are in terfering with the - women and girls who are trying to" earn a living and do it honestly, which is more than 'some of these knights of the soap-box are try ing to or are capable -of doing, if ap pearances count for anything. And it is said appearances ften speak louder than words, and -1 think this Is one of the times whn they do so. Not All Can Earn Minimum. Many of the girls employed here will. under the ruling of -the Welfare Com mission, be compelled to give up their work, for it is not . possible for all of them to earn a dollar per day, even at a bigger rate of pay than can possibly be. given and . keep the plant going. Many of these same girls will be much disappointed .to know they cannot con tinue at the: work, for they want what they can earn, working leisurely . and getting a little extra money during va cation so they may have some that they have earned themselves. Not because they have to work, as many do not. At least this is the- statement made to me by them. .- In conclusion, I want to reiterate that we are not driven or abused ;in any re spect, but are expected to do our work well and according to the. rules and regulations of . the company, which are only those that any well-directed and conducted house should have. . I think I pot press the sentiments of practically all- the employes here when I say we will be .much more contented if , we - are simply let -alone, so far as these agitators are concerned. Free speech is one of the great privileges of this country, but is it well-for one to exercise that right to the'-great detri ment and worry of his fellows? A contented berry-plelcer, - .,. NUMBER 128. LUMBERMEN WILL - MEET Editor of the Tiraberman Prepares for Annual Congress. George M. 'Cornwall, editor of the Timberman and secretary, of the Pa cific Logging Congress, returned yes terday from Spokane . and the Inland Empire.-where he went to prepare , for the entertainment of the annual con gress of Pacific Coast Lumbermen to be held at Spokane, September 24-27. He arranged a side trip for the whole congress, to Potlach, Idaho, where the largest . Pine manufacturing ' plant in the West is operated. This one of the few plant- where electricity is used as the motive power. M eier Frank Store s ramal Clear EYERYAR To Secure the Best Values in the City The Most Seasonable Merchandise The Lowest Prevailing Prices The Best Service TICLE REDUCED E very Department of the Store Contract Goods, Groceries and the Pre-Showing of Fall Apparel for Women, the Only Exceptions Our Furniture Section Offers Unusual Opportunities SEE SUNDAY'S FURNITURE ANNOUNCEMENT Sales Begin at 8:30 This A. M. and Continue Until Further Notice If Necessary Spend the Day Here Rest Room and All Conveniences LUNCHEON SERVED FROM 11 TO 2:30 SEE WINDOW DISPLAYS SPITE FENCE' TO GO Court Orders Cause of Neigh; borhoocf Feud Removed. RULING IN CASE PRECEDENT Judge McGinn Pots Builder- and Remonstrator Under Peace Bonds of $500 Each Other Similar Walls Exist In City. No longer is the high board' "spite fence" between the homei of Joe P!vt wockl and Arndt Anderson, at 120. and 122 Knott street, to fan the flames of hatred In a long drawn out neighbor hood feud in their district. - The wall which has" been the cause of many quarrels and fights has been ordered torn down by Circuit Judge McGinn. In place of the unsightly barrier be-' tween the two homes will be peace bonds in the sum of $500 which each of the neighbors will be required to give to guarantee the preservation of peace. The fence, if the court order is obeyed, -will come down today under the hammer of Joe Plywocki who con structed it several months ago, when trouble between his family and the family of Mr. Anderson, next door, reached the bubbling over point. - When the wall was being put to gether it is said Anderson tried to in terfere and was hit with a hammer. Since then Plywocki, it is said, was badly beaten by a man named Peterson who was paying attention to ' one of Anderson's daughters. Other fights, near fights and numerous bitter quar rels, in.-which the two families and others have engaged, have marked the existence of the wall. The ruling of Judge McGinn to the effect that the wall must come" down is considered a valuable precedent inas much as there are other walls of a similar nature in the city. PERSONALMENTION. J. C. Sturglll, of Condon, is at the Cornelius. I. E. Young, of. Pendleton, Is at the Cornelius. Joseph Barlich, of Bethlehem, Pa., is at the Carlton. Lloyd R. Terwilliger, of Dayton, Or., is at the Perkins. , R. P. Talmage. a Eugene business man. Is at the Pekins. . H. W. Holljs, a lumberman of Che halls, Is at the Portland. ' Mr. and Mrs. Brook Dickson, of Pen dleton, are at the Oregon. Russell Hawkins, a Tillamook, lum berman, is at the Portland, having Just returned from a business trip to San Francisco. - Charles L. Houston, an .Astoria con tractor, is at the Imperial. Theodore and Jacob Arenz, of Salem, are registered at the Carlton. H. W. Gibson and family," of Musko gee, Okla.. are at the Oregon. Arthur E. Bruce is registered at tho Portland from Rossland, B. C. C. TV. Gibson, of Salem, accompanied by Mrs. Gibson.-Is at the Annex. S. C. Hawkins is registered at the Carlton from Bridal Veil, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Reitz, of Eagle Grove, Wash., are at the Carlton. George H. Bingham, a Salem attor ney, Is registered at the Imperial. Dr. G. E. Darrow and family are reg istered at the Oregon from Eugene. Captain Charles T. Stuart is regis tered at the Cornelius from Newport. Mr. and Mrs. F. Baruch and party, of San Francisco, are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. P. L.. Caples are regis tered at the Portland from The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gleason are regis tered at the Cornelius from Ostrander, Wash. Dr. and Mrs. A. Edwards, of Los An geles, have taken apartments at - the Annex. " F. J. Loomis Is registered at the An: nex from Wheeler, Or., with Mrs. Loomis. Mrs. M. V. B. MacAdam and Miss F. E. Gladding, of San Francisco, are at the Multnomah. . H. C. Dear, a prominent San Fran cisco Insurance- man. is registered at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. C. Weisberger are reg istered at the Perkins, from Lewlston, where Mr. Weisberger is a brewer. Mr. and Mrs. Bower A. Griggs, of Seattle.' are at the Oregon. Mr. Griggs is president of the Metropolitan Motor Company. Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. McColIough, Mr., and Mrs. Charles H. Jones and Mrs. Fred A. Grinnell, of Spokane, are at the Multnomah. L. R. Stinson. grand keeper of rec ords and seals of . the Oregon Knights of Pythias, is registered at the Perkins from Salem. Charles Weiside. of Astoria, where he formerly was manager of the Wein hardt Hotel, is at the Imperial. He has taken the management of the Tillamook Hotel. J. H. Liggett, formerly clerk of the Hotel Medford. at Medford. has taken a position at the desk of the Imperial, filling the vacancy created by the res ignation of Clarence Cook. CHICAGO. July 6. (Special.) The following from Oregon are registered at Chicago hotels: Portland Congress, Miss E. Kelley; Auditorium, Esther Weust, Irene Weust, Florence Weust, Phyllis Munger; Great Northern, James M. Odell; La Salle, E. Macgregor. Congress, H. C. Albtton. "Oregon City Congress, Henry O'Mal ley. Medford- Congress, T. C. Daniels. The upper side of a dirigible balloon built for the British navy -has been coated with aluminum duat to reflect the sun's rays and lessen the effect of their heat on the gas it contains. Edlefsen guarantees good fuel. WOOD'S JOB "BIG" System Being Worked Out by Purchasing Agent. ECONOMY IS WATCHWORD Official Says He Can See Where Great Benefits Are to Accrne to City From New Method, but Saving Cannot Be Estimated. "To get the purchasing department of a city properly organized Is one of the biggest jobs a city official can under take." Such is the assertion of J. R. Wood, newly-appointed purchasing agent of Portland, who took office last week and Is rapidly getting the new department Into shape. Mr. Wood says it will be several days yet before he can get things into such order that the de partment can handle all city purchases systematically. "It is a big undertaking," said Mr. Wood. "The reason is that in starting out the ground is all new and it is necessary to work out details of plans which will make it possible to buy sup plies properly at the best prices and still remain absolutely within the law. Saving to Be Effected. "The city is going to save money by the arrangement. I can see that very clearly from the start. . The old system left many chances for the city to pay unreasonable prices, often because there was no way of combining the purchases so that wholesale prices could be re ceived. When a department desired supplies of some kind it was a case of purchasing by requisition. There was little or no competition in prices and naturally the rates were high. "Under the new plan it will be possi ble for' the city to get the bottom whole sale prices, because the supplies will be purchased in amounts which will sup ply all departments. I have finally got the blank forms, requisition forms and order sheets worked out and in the hands of the printer. We should have these within a few days. At that time it will be possible to get an idea of how the general plan will work out. Until we get the purchasing under way and make a comparison of prices paid un der the new system and under the old, it will not be possible to say what sav ing will be effected. Competition Is) Apparent. "That dealers in supplies such as the city purchases like the system is ap parent from the competition which is entering the field. I have been busy since taking office, talking with vari ous persons regarding purchases. I have all sorts of bids for supplies in small and large amounts. By properly hand ling these the lowest prices will be ob tained by the city." The department Is cramped for room. The only available room at present is a small anteroom on the second floor, several doors back from the corridor. The assistants of Mr. Wood are re quired to work In a room occupied also by supplies, books and employes of the election department of the City Audi tor's office. It is expected that a dif ferent arrangement will be made, so that the department will have greater facilities. AUTO HITS LAD ON WHEEL Lents Youth Suffers Broken Leg When He Coasts Berore Machine. Anton Frenslnger, a 12-year-old boy of Lents, suffered a. broken leg last night when he was struck and run over by an automobile owned and driven by J. H..Lensch, a commission merchant, who lives at 1283 Hawthorne avenuo. The accident happened at East TnenSy seventh and Belmont streets. The boy. who was coasting along on his bicycle, ran in front of Mr. Lensch's machlna before the automobile could be swerved. He was carried under the car and ren dered unconscious. Mr. Lensch sent the lad to St. Vin-, cent's Hospital, summoning his own physician to care for the patient. Non-Catholics Are Invited A special invitation is ex tended to non-Catholics to either call in person or to write us. We have so many articles suitable for gift purposes, par ticularly to Catholics, that little trouble is experienced in select ing an appropriate remem brance. The next time you want to send a gift to your Catholic friend, let us help you choose. We guarantee satisfaction. 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