Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, July 11, 1913, Page 7, Image 7

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    THE MORNIXG OREGONIAX FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1913.
BARRETT RECEDES
FROM FIRST STAND
Signatures of Mayor and Ross
Make The Dalles Warrants
Good, Says Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE REMAINS FIRM
of the local parks, Mr. Dickie made a
tour of the 11 local parks and spoke
encouragingly of the method of their
upkeep. Speaking further. Mr. Dickie
said:
"Some of the main features of - your
parks are the grounds, swimming
pools, turf baseball diamonds and your
magnificent rose bushes and gardens.
You are In a position to keep your
parks in a green condition, and no
bare, hard ground has to be con
tended with. I especially want to
commend the Park Board for estab
lishing swimming pools in the parks
something that the playgrounds of
Oakland lack.
"One advantage we have at Oakland
is the ability to run the grounds
throughout the entire year. I see that
you are beginning to introduce that
here.".
The number of parks in Oakland Is
12, under the supervision of 26 in
structors, while here there are 11, with
24 directors. Mr. Dickie observed that
band concerts were daily occurrences
Anderson Declares He Will Not Sign
Unless Arneson Does likewise.
Chief of Police Denies Use of
Jnll to Special Agents.
THE DALLES, Or, July 10. (Spe
cial.) City Treasurer J. E. Barnett
Announced today that he would honor
any city warrant signed by Mayor An
derson and Recorder Ross. Barnett
said, yesterday that he would not cash
warrants unless they were signed by
L. H. Arneson,- who was appointed Re
corder by Mayor Anderson, but who
failed of confirmation at the hands of
the City Council Monday night.
Barnett was threatened with arrest
by City Attorney Wilson If he refused
to honor a single warrant because it
was not signed by Arneson and he
changed his mind today regarding this
matter. However, this does not clear
up the controversy over the payment
- of warrants, for Mayor Anderson an
rtounced this afternoon that he will
sign no warrant unless the signature
of Arneson is affixed thereto.
"If Mayor Anderson refuses to sign
"warrants without the signature of Ar
neson I will direct the City Treasurer
that he pay the warrants without An
derson's signature." said City Attorney
Wilson when he heard, of the position
taken by the city's chief executive.
Conncll Claims Whip Hand.
If Barnett refuses to follow the in
structions of Wilson in such an event
and. declines to honor warrants that
are not signed by Anderson, the city
officials and Councllmen say they can
compel him so to act, contending that
It is not necessary that warrants be
signed by the Mayor. Their position
is that according to the city charter
and ordinances no one but the Coun
cil can order warrants drawn and that
even though Anderson refuses to af
fix his name the city can meet Its ob
ligations without his help.
Barnett, who says he is not taking
sides in the controversy, is in an em
barrassing position. It is not known
what he will do if Anderson refuses
to sign warrants and orders Barnett
not to honor them without his name
attached, for Attorney Wilson threat -1
ens Barnett with arrest If he does not
cash them. He is between "the devil
and the deep sea," as it were.
The deadlock between the Mayor and
Council over the matter of police ap
pointments, is unchanged today. Com
missions for R. R. McDonald, G. L.
Coleman, George W. Winkler, George
Friel and John Dyball, the unconfirmed
police appointees of Mayor Anderson,
who have been appointed special
agents by Governor West, were re-
ceived by the men today. Their accep-
tance of the commissions is claimed by
Anderson's opponents to be an ac
knowledgement that these men have
no authority under the appointment of
the Mayor; that if the appointment of
Anderson without the Council's con
firmation conferred any authority why
should they need to have been commis
sioned by the Governor? The Council
men have emphatically announced that
they will not pay Anderson's appoin
tees a penny no matter how long they
serve in patroling the city as police
men. No Arreata Yet Made.
The Mayor says the salaries of Mc
Donald and his force will be paid by
the state under section 2612 of Lord's
Oregon laws. He says the amount of
remuneration Is a matter "of agreement
between the Governor and his agents.
They will probably receive the same
wages as the regular local officers. No
arrests have been made In this city
by either force since the two set of
men commenced separately patrolling
The Dalles Tuesday morning. Chief
Gibbons and the members of the regular
police force are the only ones who
can get into the City Jail and have
refused to recognize any right of Mc
Donald or his' men to enter the bastile
as officers.
Chief Gibbons has instruced his of
ficers that if any of the special agents
should happen to pick up a prisoner
that they shall be taken over by the
regular "officers and locked up, Just
the same as though any citizen of The
Dalles presented a person who should
be taken into custody, but under no
consideration.' will . McDonald or his
force be allowed to use the Jail as
officials.
"Governor West called me by long
distance telephone, said Mayor Ander
son; "he Baid he was . going to the
coast today, but said the state govern
ment is back of me. He told me if I
wanted anything to' notify his office
The commissions sent by West to
McDonald and his men were issued
"pursuant to section 2612, Lord's Ore
con Laws, to serve during the pleasure
or tne uovernor.
promie::t lane county
max passes away.
T s - -A. y ft
James SI. Williams.
JUNCTION CITY. Or., July 10.
(Special.) James M. Williams,
long a resident of Junction City,
passed away at his home, July
7. He was 48 years old and was
one of the most prominent farm
ers in Lane County. He had
Just erected one of the finest '
reidences in the county.
The funeral services were held
at the residence Wednesday, the
Rev? Joseph Knott officiating.
Interment was made In the Odd
Fellows' Cemetery.
NEW LINE IN VIEW
Milwaukee Officials Project
North and South Road.
'HOT-AIR" SURVEY STUDIED
in Portland, something that Oakland
lacked.
Mr. Dickie Is traveling under the di
rection of the Park Board of Oakland
and will visit all the principal cities
of the United States. The trip will
last about 35 days.
JOHN G. EGAN IS DEAD
WIDELY - KXOWX NEWSPAPER
MAX SUCCUMBS TO OPERATION.
Late Editor of Rossland, B. C, Miner
Connected In Early '8 0s With
Portland Paper.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Julv 10. fSne-
cial.) John G. Egan, a newspaperman
widely known on the Pacific Coast,
naving been employed on San Fran
cisco, Portland. Seattle and British Co
lumbia papers, died today at Rossland,
B. C, following a surgical operation,
aged 62 years. He was a brother of
Martin Egan, of Manila.
John G. Egan was one of the best-
known newspapermen on the Pacific
coast. Born in San Francisco, he
worked as a boy in Virginia City, Nev.,
during the boom days, of the Comstock
lodge, and afterwards on the San Fran
cisco papers. He came to Portland in
the early "80s and worked on the Daily
isortnwest News, being its city editor
during the last few years before the
paper's demise about 1888. He then
went to Seattle and worked as a re
porter on the Post-Intelligencer, as city
editor of the Evening Press, the Press
Times and the Morning Telegraph. The
last-named paper was sold to the Post
Intelligencer in 1894, and after working
as a free lance for a year "Jack" Egan,
as everybody called him, went to Ross
land, B. C, where he has since bee,n city
editor and of late years editor of the
Miner.
"Jack" Egan was a genial, warm
hearted man, who made a friend of
everybody he met and kept his friendH.
He was a most industrious and suc
cessful newsgatherer, his wide ac
quaintance and knowledge of men and
affairs all along the Pacific Coast con
tributing to his success. He leaves a
widow and a grown family of four sons
and two daughters, who are scattered
through the Northwest. He "broke in
his. brother, Martin, as a reporter and
has lived to see the latter rise high
in the service of the Associated Press.
Martin Egan is now correspondent of
the Associated Press at Manila.
COUNCIL- MEMBER HOLDS . SEAT
Tie Vote at The Dalles Kesults In No
Change In Third Ward.
THE DALLES. Or.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) J. W. Koontz, whose three-year
term as Third ward Councilman ex
pired July 7, will serve another year
in the Council.
At the recent municipal election
Chris McClay and John G. Milne, who
were the candidates for Councilmen in
the Third Ward, each received 284
votes. City Recorder Ross Issued cer
tificates of election to both men, who
presented their claims to the Council at
Its meeting this week.- Without ar
gument the Council unanimously de
cided "no election" in the third ward
and retained Mr. Koontz as Alderman
for another year. Following this ac
tion Mayor Anderson said: "You have
selected an excellent man. I know he
is. for he beat a good man for Coun
cilman two years ago." Mr. Anderson
was defeated for Alderman in June,
1911, by Mr. Koontz.
PLAYF1ELD EXPERT HERE
Portland Progress Lauded by Oak
land Man on Visit.
"The people of Portland do not fully
realize the great benefit they are doing
in establishing these public play
grounds in the various parts of the
city," said George E. Dickie, superin
tendent of the playgrounds and recrea
tion centers of the City of Oakland,
last night. "I cannot help but com
pliment them for the stand they are
taking."
Mr. Dickie arrived in Portland
Wednesday and left last night for Ta
coma and Seattle, where he will study
the park conditions. Under the dlrec
rYn of Robert Krohn, superintendent
BAN ON POTLATCH REGALIA
Hatbands and Ribbons With Sugges
tive Mottoes Barred.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) Colored hat bands and ribbons
bearing more or less suggestive mot
toes and phrases will not be sold in
Seattle during the P.otlatch and to that
end licenses to vend them have been
refused to manufacturers and dealers.
Police Lieutenant Charle Dolphin has
been delegated to see that the objec
tionable decorations are not sold on the
streets during the festival.
Thousands of the hat bands and rib
bons have been manufactured In Seat
tie in anticipation of a rich harvest
during the Potlatch and the manufac
turers now confront the necessity of
disposing of this stock elsewhere than
in Seattle. Councilman Robert B.
Hesketh. chairman of the license com
mittee, and License Inspector E. L.
Marsh visited several of the ribbon es
tabltshments yesterday and placed the
ban on big stocks of ribbons of every
color or tne rainoow bearing objection
able legends.
BOYS WAGE WAR ON WEEDS
Aberdeen Youths Pluck Dandelions
From Lawns and Commons.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) More than 10,000 pounds of
dandelions have been gathered within
the week by a few boya who entered
the noxious weed contest started by the
Aberdeen .L-ivic improvement Associa
tion. So great has been the demands
on the treasury of the association ' that
a second fund has been raised to pay
the boys.
Half a cent a pound is the price paid
for delivery or the weeds. The boy
gathering the highest number of dande
lions in a given time is to receive a
prize. The weeds are gathered from
lawns and vacant lots.
Proposed Road Would Extend From
Canada Down Through Colville
Reservation Idvely Contest
Expected From Hill Forces.
SPOKANE. Wash.. July .10. (Spe
cial.) With a view to' securing a
north-and-south line through the Col
ville Indian reservation, possibly the
surveyed route of the Spokane & Brit
ish Columbia, commonly known as the
"hot air" line, representatives of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul engi
neering department at Seattle have
completed a trip over " the proposed
route down the San Poil to the British
Columbia line.
The trip consumed two weeks dur
ing which time representatives of the
Milwaukee made a thorough Investiga
tion of the possibilities of tapping this
Central Washington territory.
Coincident with the completion of
this inspection trip comes the report
that the Milwaukee and Great North
ern will tangle pretty lively this Sum
mer for possession of this Central
Washington territory, now the exclu
sive territory of the Great Northern
Railway.
The coming of President Earling, of
the Milwaukee, his assistant C. A.
Goodnow, President Carl R. Gray, of
the Great Northern, James J. Hill,
Louis W. Hill and other officers and
directors of the Milwaukee and Great
Northern Railway systems next month
is calculated to speed the plans for
further development of Central Wash
ington. And. Just at a time when announce
ment is made that the highest officials
of the Milwaukee and Great Northern
contemplate extended trips into this
state, comes the report that the Mil
waukee will seek a new entrance into
Spokane from the northwest.
The Great Northern is alive to the
Importance of blocking the Milwaukee
in its effort to secure a northwest en
trance Into Spokane.
If the Milwaukee secured the strate
gic line of the Spokane Western Power
& Traction Company, it would have a
completely new entrance into the very
nearc or tne city, and an easy connec
tion with the Union Terminal could be
negotiated.
CINCINNATI MAN TO FRONT
Theatrical Mechanics Association
Gets Surprise at Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash.. July 9. (Special.)
The most dramatic development in
the Theatrical Machanics' Association
grand lodge session now In progress
nere, was sprung todav when James H.
Curtin, of New York, declined to accept
the nomination for grand president, al
though a leader in the race for this of
fice. This virtually assured the elec
tion of Charles W. Schweitzer, of Cin
cinnati.
Caucuses until early hours this morn.
ing, it is stated, were indujged in by
Schweitzer forces preparing plans for
the defeat of Curtin, and many polls
of the delegates have been taken In
formally to ascertain the strength of
tne two candidates.
The New York men came into the
fight at Spokane handicapped by the
nonappearance of their delegates, who
were forced to attend other meetings,
owing to the change in date of the
grand lodge session. In spite of this
handicap Curtin has gained in strength
daily, until last night It was thought
he had a majority of the delegates.
The withdrawal of Curtin from the
race was kept secret until the nomina
tions were sprung today, and not until
his name was placed in nomination did
the members of the opposing faction
know that Curtin would decline the
nomination. The formal election takes
place tomorrow.
The case of the Cincinnati lodge
against the Pittsburg lodge has been
dropped.
WARDENS SOUND WARNING
Klickitat Game Commission Pro
poses to Enforce the Laws.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 10
(Special.) James Morgan. Charles
Mesecher and J. F. Coleman, recently
appointed as a game commission for
Klickitat County, met today. Charles
Mesecher, of Goldendale, was elected
chairman. Marion Splawn, of Lyle, was
appointed game warden for Klickitat
and one at Bickleton fpr Eastern
Klickitat. Robert Gllmore was ap
pointed as a special deputy at Grand
Dalles and E. C. Duncan at Trout Lake.
The wild goose preserves in Eastern
Klickitat will be closely ,patroled this
year. The wardens have been Instruct
ed to arrest all persona found hunting
or fishing without a license.
County Auditor Roy Spoon has ar
ranged for the filling out of license
applications at The Dalles, Lyle, White
salmon, Trout Lake, Glenwood, Apple
ton and ' Blockhouse to accommodate
tourists.
MANY IGNORE LICENSE ACT
Only One Commission Concern Com
plies With New Law.
SALEM. Or., July 10. (Special.) Al
though the law which required com
mission merchants to obtain state li
censes and puts them under the regu
lation of the State Railroad Commis-
sion, has been operative more than a
month, only one concern has obtained
a license. The object of the law was
the protection of farmers and fruit
growers and many have asked the
Railroad. Commission why the law is
not enforced.
It is the intention of the Commis
sion, if the injunction suit filed by
commission merchants in Portland is
decided in its favor, to compel the
merchants to take out licenses. The
company that has complied with the
law is the Hood. River Apple-Growers'
Association. .
YOU can have that extra suit now that you ought to have, because
we've decided to mark down our Spring and Summer stocks, in
cluding .
Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes, and lots of other good things to wear. Look at the prices we'll
quote; you can see that there's money for you in such values as these.
$20 Fancy Suits
$25 Fancy Suits
$30 Fancy Suits
$35 Fancy Suits
$14.95
$18.75
$22.50
$26.25
Blue. Black, Full Dress and Tuxedos at 15 Per Cent Discount
Arrow and E.&W. Shirts
In Fancy Patterns Greatly Reduced
$1.50 Arrow and E. & W. Shirts; all this Spring's
stock included, in fancy patterns, soft ! 1g
or stiff cuffs. Clearance Sale Price. . P X A O
$2.50 and $2 Arrow and E. & W. Shirts, all this
season's newest patterns, soft or stiff cuffs. No
reserve. Clearance Sale flj't OC
Price... pl.OO
$3.50 Arrow Silk Shirts, soft cuffs, d0 Att
collars to match. Clearance Sale Price.. PTw
$5.00 E. & V. Silk Shirts, best quality, in beauti
ful patterns. No reserve. Clearance tfJO CC
Sale Price pO.JiJ
Underwear
Of Standard Make Greatly Reduced
$1.5C Munsing Union Suits, in ecru only, long or
short sleeves and full length. Clearance QC
Sale Price .JOC
$2.50 and $2.00 Munsing Union Suits, colors
white, ecru, blue and flesh; long and short sleeves,
full or three-quarter length. Clear- C
ance Sale Price K 0 w
$1.50 Cooper Silk Lisle Underwear; colors pink,
white and blue. Clearance Sale, per tfj-f (C
garment P X vl3
$1.00 Silk Lisle Underwear, colors pink and white,
long or short sleeves. Clearance Sale 7C,
Price, per garment OC
Copyright Hut Schiflher 4c Marx
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co,
The Men's Shop for Quality' and Service
Northwest Corner Third and Morrrison
NEW LINE EXPECTED
Milwaukee Is Reported Back
of Olympia & Southern.
WORK LIKELY STARTS SOON
Centralla Expects Construction to
Begin Before End of . Summer.
- Many Condemnation Suits
Right-of-way Filed.
CEITRALIA, Wash.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) Rumors are persistent In Cen
tralla that "the Olympia & Southern
Railway, the new road which last week
filed, articles of incorporation with the
Lewis County Auditor, will start con
struction work before the end of the
Summer. The new company is incor
porated for only $50,000, but it is un
derstood the necessaray cash fer con
structing the entire line Is available.
Promoters of the line are said to be
waiting: to obtain franchises in towns
through which the road will operate.
Nearly a dozen ' condemnation suits
for right of way. all of which involve
the old Union Pacific grade in the west
end of Centralla, have been filed in the
Lewis County Supelor Court and it is
understood that additional options have
been taken for a depot site on West
Main street.
B. H. Rhodes, a prominent Centralla
attorney. Is one of the Incorporators
and to all appearances the new com
pany Is an independent corporation, but
it is rumored that the Milwaukee is
behind the road and that the big sys
tem is planning to build a line from
Puget Sound to the Columbia River. It
Is also believed that the Milwaukee's
branch to Willapa Harbor will be built
from Centralla instead of extending
south from Helsing Junction.
The Kelso & Eastern Railway, arti
cles of Incorporation for which were
filed in Olympia yesterday, also is be
lieved to be another project of the
Milwaukee. The articles of incorpo
ration state that the road will extend
from Kelso to Mayfleld, in Eastern
Lewis County, and it is the supposition
that it will connect with the Milwau
kee system at Morton, the present ter
minus of the Tacoma & Eastern, re
cently acquired by the Milwaukee. This
road would tap one of the richest un
developed timber and agricultural sec
tions in the state and would place To
ledo, the biggest inland town In Wash
ington, on & railroad. ,
cortes to March's Point, opposite Hat
Island.
This line will be connected with a
slip or apron enabling loaded cars to
be handled by barge. For the past year
the Milwaukee has operated successful
ly a line of car barges between Bel
llngham and Seattle, carrying carloads
of transcontinental freight. It is evi
dent that that company is preparing
for an active campaign of freight so
licitation at Anacortes. Mr. Bowen's
associates comprise Influential Ana
cortes business men.
The line will be pushed through to
Mount Vernon at a rapid pace, through
a rich district.
FRUIT GROWER APPOINTED
Benton County Man to Engage In
College Extension Work.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Or., July 10. (Spe
cial.) Provision for extension work In
horticulture has been made at Oregon
Agricultural College by the appoint
ment of Walter S. Brown, president of
the Benton County Fruitgrowers' As
sociation, as assistant professor of
horticultural extension.
The position was created by virtue
of the agricultural appropriation grant
ed by the recent Legislature. Horti
cultural institutes, seasonable orchard
demonstration and bulletins on dispos
ing of fruit crops will be the duties.
Professor Brown will lecture at the
Willamette Valley Chautauqua July 11
and 12.
BIG BAND OF SHEEP SOLD
Malheur County Men Close Deal
Amounting to $49,000.
VALE. Or., July 10. (Special.) Ed
ward Baker and H. E. Gordon, sheep
men of the Harper country, west of
Vale, have returned home from Chi
cago, bringing back to Malheur County
$49,000 of Eastern money, received for
their shipment of mutton sheep.
They sold 10,000 head at an average
price of $4.90, the price being lower
than they expected because of their
shipment reaching the market just as
the hot wave struck Chicago.
They will ship another trainload as
soon as arrangements can be completed.
cial.) John Hoff, a prune grower at
Sara, brought in a branch of green
prunes with 76 good prunes on it. His
trees are loaded, and the brown rot,
which in some parts of the county has
destroyed so much fruit, has not In
jured his orchard.
Silver Lake to Issue Bonds.
SILVER LAKE, Or.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the City Council
last night it was decided to install a
complete fire and water system. City
bonds to the amount of $2500 to run
for five years and bear 6 per cent will
be issued. A large gasoline engine will
be Installed to furnish the water. The
$2500 to be raised with the money now
on hand will be more than enough to
pay for the system.
A perfectly red cat was one of the exhibits
at a London cat show.
y
Drink Beer
That You Like
(fl
you '11 find that drinking beer
is as much a pleasure as it
is beneficial to your health.
Phone us We'll have your dealer
supply you.
East- 46, B-1146
Ashland to Erect Annex.
ASHLAND, Or., July 10. (Special.)
The City Hall is to have an annex In
a substantial concrete building to be
used for housing the new auto-truck
and other purposes. It will be built
on municipal lots which are nowbeing
vacated.
Hotel to Add Story.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) Plans are underway for adding
a fourth story to the Fairmont Hotel
in this city. The structure wiH then
have 130 guests' rooms. An elevator
also will be installed.
Edlefsen's fuel Is good fuel,
WOMAN'S BODY IS FOUND
Miss Edna Baxter, of Eugene, Loses
Life In Water.
EUGENE, Or., July 10. (Special.)
A two days' search for Miss Edna Bax
ter resulted in the finding of her body
today in an eddy above the tannery
riffles a short distance from the point
where her footprints were discovered
last night.
Miss Baxter was born at Dayton,
Or., 32 years ago and was educated
there. For ten years she has been
making her home with her sister, Mrs.
C. W. Converse, here. No notes have
been found, or other tangible evidence
of motives, but it is supposed that in
a fit of despondency brought on by
the serious illness of her father, and
the nervous affliction she has suffered
for years, she drowned herself.
RICH SECTION IS TAPPED
Milwaukee Road Deal to Prove Im
portant to Mount Vernon.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 10. (Special.)
A. D. Bowen, president of the Ana
cortes & Eastern Railway Company,
announced today the closing of nego
tiations with the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway for the construction
and operation not later than October
15, 1913, of the line or road two miles
and a half long, comprising the first
unit of a line to Mount Vernon through
La Conner. Work will be started at
once on a line from a point near tte
Fidalgo Mill Company's plant at Ana-
'Sara Prune Crop Good.
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 10. (Spe-
Beer
It isn't necessary to drink beer
tnat is sliarp and disagreeable
to the taste in fact such beer
is likely to make you bil
ious anyhow but if you'll try
Star Brewery
Northern Brewing Co.
PORTLAND VANCOUVER
BAY
Take Your Beach Outing at
NEWPORT, YAQUINA
No outing is complete unless you visit this old reliable seaside resort, which offers to the Summer visitor a
charm of environment not found at any other beach, in the Pacific Northwest. Delightful points of interest
in the neighborhood, deep-sea fishing, boating, hot sea bathing in the New Natatorium. Cottaires, rooming
houses and tents at reasonable rates. Ample hotel accommodations. Pure mountain water, electric lights.
SEASON AND WEEK-END EXCURSION TICKETS. DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS
Season Fare from Portland $6.25 Week-End Fare from Portland $3.75
Call for booklet on "Newport," or "Vacation Days." City Ticket Office, 80 Sixth Street.
Corner Oak, Fourth and Yamhill, Union Depot, East Morrison or Union Depot.
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or.
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