THE MORNrNC OREGONIAN. 3IOXI-A.ir, JTHuY 81," 1913.
WEATHERMAN SAYS
WORST - NOW OVER
OREGONIAN PHOTOGRAPHER SECURES SNAPSHOTS OF PORTLAND PEOPLE TRYING TO KEEP
COOL ON A HOT SUNDAY
Our IWammoth Clearance Sale
Continues Its Extraordinary Value-Giving
As Mercury Ascends Crowds
Seek Relief in Public Parks
and on Rivers.
very Article Reduced!
MAXIMUM IS 93 DEGREES
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Increased Humidity Causes Discom
fort, tut aa Day Wanes Cool
Breezes Are Wafted From
Water Bringing Belief.
"Hottest day of the Summer," said
General Public yesterday while it Bhed
its coat and reached for a palm-leaf
fan.
"Best ice cream day this year,'! glee
fully reported the proprietors of the
cafes and ice cream parlors all over
the city.
"Biggest day yet," reported the play
ground and park directors, estimating'
the crowds of visitors.
"Cooler than it was Saturday," was
the verdict of the office of the Weather
Man.
The weather man, however, would
have had a hard time convincing the
populace of Portland at any time yes
terttey ' after 12 o'clock that he was
right.
As a matter of fact, his statement
was correct, but the high mark on
the thermometer yesterday was only
one degree below the 94 registered on
the preceding day.
What made the heat more notice
able than on Saturday was the humid
ity. River Craft Crowded.
Sailboats, launches, skiffs and
canoes carried hundreds away from the
heat and out on the river and to its
cool islands early in the day, while,
besides the many private river parties,
the regular excursion boats ran
crowded to capacity. Bathers were out
all day at the natatoriums along the
river.
Those for whom no river excursion
ran and no boat was available sought
relief in the parks as the mercury be
gan to climb.
Like the survivors of a stricken field,
men lay in thousands upon the grass
In the plaza blocks, bareheaded and
coatless, and dozed the hours away or
conversed' languidly. The oppressive
heat was too much for the most zealous
Socialist spellbinder, and there was an
almost complete absence of the usual
group of men debating endlessly about
"economic conditions."
The City Park offered the shade of
Its trees and the cooling sweep of the
breeze from down the river, to num
berless family parties, and all through
the day special , cars on this run
punched transfers and ran full of pil
grims traveling to this oasis.
Children Lex Rampant.
Playgrounds were filled with chil
dren, but for the most part they left
the apparatus alone.
North Park playground, opposite the
Customs House, and the park blocks
adjacent were filled all day with cos
mopolitan crowds. Seven nations in
swaddling clothes rolled together in
the sand pits and gleefully shoveled
sand over one another.
Mount Tabor Park, where McElroy's
Band gave its afternoon concert in the
grove, was another center of great
assemblage, between 3000 and 4000 peo.
pie gathering there.
The place where feverish activity
reigned all day long was in the ice
cream parlors and at the soda foun
tains, where the public clamored in
cessantly for something- cooling.
The biggest Jump in the temperature
was between 1 and 2 o'clock, when the
thermometer shot up from 85 to 91.
At 4 o'clock it climbed to 93 and then
fell off slowly until 6 o'clock.
With sundown a. cool breeze came
from the river that brought quick re
lief. Although the weather office predicts
continued fair and warm weather for
today, it is not expected that the tem
perature will reach anything like the
point it registered during the past
three days.
LEGLESS NEWSY TAKES DIP
Joe Hardy Shows Feet Not Necessary
to Swimmer.
For the first time in four years Joe
Hardy, the legless newsboy who ca
vorts up and down Washington street
selling papers, was allowed to demon
strate yesterday that legs are not an
essential when it comes to swimming-
if you know how. Joe dodged the au
thorities yesterday and slipped out to
the Oaks, where he was allowed to
- enter the swimmln' hole and demon
strate his prowess, which he did to
the satisfaction of many onlookers and
the complete amazement of the iite
guards.
. "You see the authortles in all the
cities along the Coast have refused to
let me go into the water, thinking
I would drown and they would be
blamed," said Hardy after his dip yes
terday.
Hardy lost his legs Just below the
hips while he was in Chicago several
years ago. Previous to that time he
was a sensational "kid" diver around
Chicago and thrilled many Sunday
crowds with his stunts, but not more
so than he did yesterday when he put
to shame some of the experts at the
Oaks.
HENRY MERZ DROPS DEAD
Restaurant Chef Stricken While Dc
' veloping Negatives.
While developing negatives in a dark
room in the basement of his home,
Henry Men, chef at the Hof Brau res
taurant, was fatally stricken yesterday
by some malady, the nature of which
has not been determined. Dr. Betkin,
who attended, says that it will require
an autopsy to disclose the cause of
death, with the probability on the side
of heart disease.
Mr. Men was alone at the time of the
seizure, and when he was found it was
thought that he had been electrocuted,
but medical examination failed to show
any of the traces of such an accident.
Mr. Merz was of French parentage,
lived at 1685 East Morrison street. He
Is survived by a wife and infant child.
SUMPTER HOST TO BAKER
Three Hundred on Moonlight Ride
Visit Dredge.
SUMPTER. Or., July 20. (Special.)
About 300 citizens of Baker took a
moonlight -ride to this city Wednesday
night and after visiting the dredge,
which is engaged in mining near here.
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1. ICK CIIEAM CONKS REIGNED 1ST. THE PLAYGHOUNDS. 2. "SOME HOT BELIEVE ME!" 3. BILL RUN
WATER WAS PUT WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL. 4. LAWNS . IN THE PARK WERE COMFORTABLE
PLACES TO REST. 5. HUNDREDS FOUND RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IN TILE WATERS OF THE WILLAM
ETTE RIVEK. ,
a dinner and dance were given In their
honor by citizens of Sumpter.
The dredge is working in the river
bottom land at the edge of this place
and its weekly deposits average about
J10.000. . "Pay grit" is found at a depth
of 10 feet and from there to rock bot
tom. It is understood that the owners
are contemplating securing - several
other dredges to be operated In this dis
trict.
It is reported that Portland capital
ists are negotiating with owners of
promising paying bench .land In this
vicinity.
RAY DIAMOND REPENTANT
Bank. Robber Promises to Study In
Prison and I.lvo Honestly.
SALEM. Or.. July . 20. (Special.)
"I Intend to perfect myself in painting
and drawing," declared Ray Diamond,
youthful bank robber, who held up the
cashier of the Glendale State Bank and
stole $2800. when he was brought to
the state penitentiary tonight to begin
serving a term of 10 years. '
Diamond repeated that too much
drinking and the excessive use of to
bacco had disarranged his mind, . and
emboldened him to do things he other
wise never would have .dreamed of do
ing! -
"I am through with it all," said Dia
mond. "I intend to improve my mind
and opportunities while I am in here,
and when I get out I shall earn an hon
est living. It is a good lesson for me."
Bridge Money, Ine Today.
OLiYMFIA, Wash., July 20. (Special.)
Lewis County officials have notified
State Treasurer Edward Meath that
they have accepted the terms imposed
by the last Legislature, which provided
for the construction of a $25,960 bridge
across the Cowlitz River at Neslka,
half the cost to be paid by the county
and half by the state. The Lewis
County contribution of $12,980 will be
paid the state Monday, so that preliml
nary work can be commenced at once.
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LINE TO BE
O.-W. R. & N. Officials and
Capitalists Go to Vale. .
AUTO TRIP ALSO ARRANGED
Party Headed by President Farrell,
of Railroad Company, Will Pass
Week Inspecting . Property
and Farming Districts.
To inspect the new railroad line from
Vale, Or., to Day Mountain, and to look
over the agricultural activities in a
number of ports of Eastern Oregon, a
party of railroad men and capitalists
headed by President . Farrell, -of the
O.-W. R. & N. Company, left last night
in a private car attached to regular
eastbound train No. 6 for. a week's trip
by railroad and automobiles. The party
will return to Portland next Saturday.
From, Portland the party went to The
Dalles, where the car was switched to
the North Bank line. . They will arrive
at Metolius at 6 - o'clock this morning,
and will pass the day in and around
Prlnevllle. Tonight they will stay at
Bend. Tomorrow-; morning they will
leave for Burns. Two or three days
will be devoted to trips over the new
railroad line from Vale to Day Moun
tain and in agricultural districts in
that vicinity.
The private car will be sent on to
Prairie City, where the party will end
the automobile trip of about 200 miles
viewed
Friday. In . the party are President
Farrell, Colonel Y-oung of Vancouver
Barracks, - 'Drake C. O'Reilly, W. H.
Hurlburt R. B. Miller, general traffic
manager of the O.-W. R. & N. Company.
Vice-President O'Brien. P. A. O'Farrell,
a newspaper writer of New York, and
Addison Bennett, of The Oregonian.
KLAMATH SESSIONS END
Christian Endeavor County Associa
tion Well Attended.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or July 20.
(Special.) The Christian Endeavor
County Association today concluded
its session at the Methodist Episcopal
Church in this city. Rev. H. H. Rott
man. field" secretary for California,
Oregon and Washington, was one of
the speakers. He has been attending
the convention in Los -ngeles and the
county meeting was arranged so that
he could be here on his return trip.
Delegates were in attendance from
societies in various parts of the county.
There was a general rally today at 3
o'clock. At 7 P.M. a union meeting. of
all the societies of the city was held
and this closed the convention.
BOY, 8, HURT BY DYNAMITE
Klamath Falls Lad May Lose Arm
and Also Eye. '
KLAMATH FALLS, Or July 20.
(Special.) With his left hand nearly
blown off and his left eye seriously
injured, Huntz TJhrmann, an 8-year-old
boy, is in the hospital here. He found
a stick of dynamite which his father
had placed under the granary . and it
exploded while the , lad was playing
with it. William Uhrmann, the father,
is road supervisor in Yonna Valley and
used the explosive in his work, and
thought he had hidden it safely.
Physicians think it will be necessary
to amputate the hand and that , the
sight of the eye may bo destroyed.
Contract Goods, Groceries and Women's Fall Apparel Only Excepted
The Greatest Stock-Reducing
Event in All Portland!
For the Vacation Outing or Summer Travel This
Store Offers the Most Complete Equipment
A Delightful Luncheon in Our Cool, Bright
Seventh-Floor Restaurant Special 50c !
Store Opens Today at 8:30 Closes, 5:30
Our Great Vacation Contest Does Not Close Until July 26th at 9 P. M.
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PASTOR HITS I.W.W.
Handling of Disturbances Ap
proved in Pulpit.
CAPITAL ALSO QUESTIONED
The) Rev. Delmar IT
Trimble Tells I
Centenary Slethodlst Congrega
tlon Demonstration of An-
arcby Becomes National.
The new form of government in its
dealing with the local disturbances of
the I. W. W. was declared to be al
ready proving its efficiency over the
previous form of municipal govern
ment, by the Rev. Delmer H. Trimble,
in his sermon yesterday at the Cen
tenary Methodist Cnurch.
"At the present time," he said, "we
are having both a National and a lo
cal demonstration of anarchy. The
confessions of Mulhall before the Sen
ate and House committees point in no
enviable way to capital. The incite
ments to riot and sedition on the part
of the I. W. W. professional agitators
in the streets of Portland in recent
days is our local sore.
"Anarchy at both extremes Is doubt
less the product of our system, but
nevertheless woe be to the anarchists
of either class from which the offense
comes. This Nation is in the evolu
tion of "social equity and justice, its
face Is set toward that front and it
will grind to powder those who con
sign us to anarchy in the transition.
Professional Agitators Hit.
"The professional agitator is to the
-cause of labor and the criminal lob
byist; to capital what the blackleg and
the heinous hypocrite are to the
church; an Incubus that must be got
ten rid of for the progress or tne cause.
The Interests of capital and labor are
in the last analysis Inseparably allied.
The great outside public is also relat
, ed and must lose or win with either
or both. Strikes are to these inter
ests what-wars are to nations; a mu
tual loss and a barbaric procedure;
hence the effort to settle differences
without recourse to strikes.
"Oregon's desire in this has been
shown in the Public Welfare Commis
sion. The Nation is moving in the
same direction by the recent appoint
ment of -a commission on conciliation
and adjustment. It would have been
gracious in the recent disturbance to
have given our local commission a fair
show, but this could perhaps scarcely
be expected from the anarchist agita
tor. No sane man, however, takes him
to represent labor.
' "The evident co-operation between
state, citv and county authorities in
this crisis is heartening to the . citl
zenshlp of the state. The public has
never been interested in Jealousies be
tween such authorities. They have
looked for articulation and in the dim
past, it may be whispered, that this
has sometimes in some quarters been
wanting. Oregon's best day, in this
regard, has doubtless just dawned.
. Municipal Court Praised.
"It may not be amiss in this connec
tion to indicate the good work of the
Municipal Court.
"Our new form of government is
already bearing fruit. Our people
throughout the ranks of both labor
and capital are with the authorities for
the enforcement of our laws, as they
relate to a man or a woman getting
what they earn and earning what they
get. If the Oregon Packing Company
or any other employers are falling in
this requirement let our legal machin
ery be brought into operation to bring
them at once to time. This is of equal
importance with the using of our police
to quell lawlessness on the part of
seditionlsts, and if we lack law to
compel the square deal to the laborer.
let us enact those laws forthwith. My
sympathies are with the laborer;
belong to his class."
Dr. Trimble will preach on "Labor,
Quality' Store- of- Portland
nftry. SbcU,"MoT-T-t8orv Alder 3ta.
Capital and the Church" next Sunday.
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Kenllworth Presbyterian Church
will hold lta annual picnic Friday at
Sellwood Park. The Young People's
Society of the Norwegian Lutheran
Church held its annual picnic Satur
day at Emerson and Thirty-seventh
streets.
Edgrar Wothers and wife, secretaries
of the Christian Endeavor work in
China, will be in Portland this week
and will hold a conference with local
Endeavorers at the Y. W. C. A. build
ing Monday evening.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
First Presbyterian Church had an ex
cursion down the river Friday night
on the steamer lone.
The oree-on Holiness Association will
begin its annual campmeeting Thurs
day at Tremont station, on the Mount
Scott line.
MEDFORD MEN HAVE FIGHT
Dr. J. M. Keene, Politician, Mixes
Willi Water Superintendent.
MEDFORD. Or, July 20. (Special.)
Dr. J. M. Keene, a well-known poli
tician throughout Oregon, and George
M. Trana. superintendent of the city
water works, engaged in a rough and
tumble fight in front of the Medford
Furniture & Hardware building Satur
day and both men will appear before
Justice of the Peace Taylor Monday to
answer a charge of disturbing the
peace.
The trouble started over Trana snut-
ting off Dr. Keene's water supply, when
the water superintendent alleges he
refused to obey the sprinking laws.
The doctor denied this, but paid his
fine and incidentally gave expression
to his opinion regarding the water su
perintendent. As tne doctor come up
in his motor Trana met him and.
receiving no reply to his query as to
whether the doctor had expressed the
sentiments credited to him, started a
right hook to the jaw. The doctor fell
down, but. by the hair, pulled Trana
after him and proceeded to get on top
of him. At this point the two men
were separated.
SOCIAL RIVALS IN COURT
Thomson Creek Case to Be Heard in
Medford Today.
MEDFORD, Or.. July 20. (Special.)
Thompson Creek is coming to Med
ford en masse Monday, when the trial
of Mrs. Onie Kneutzen, charged by her
social rival, Mrs. Phila Bliven,- with
assault and attempt to kill, takes place,
It ii alleged by Mrs. Bliven that
social jealousy is the prime cause of
the-vicious attack upon her last bun
day, when Mrs. Kneutzen, after pass
ln- the time of day, struck the com
plainant on the back of the head with
a fence board and then proceeded to
break her right arm in two places.
"Mrs. Bliven is the prettiest and the
richest woman in the place," explained
one of her friends today, "and when
she supplanted Mrs. Kneutzen as so
cial favorite the disappointed woman
vilified and abused here and then ,re
sorted to physical violence."
Trainman Hurt at Kelso.
rtivrn at ta TVnsVi 'Tulv 20 fSnp-
cial.) As a result of Injuries received
Friday when he Jumped from a run
away logging train on the road at the
Multnomah Lumber & Box Company's
camp. 14 miles from Kelso, Ed Hard-
IMS, fc i o ,vj v vm. w
unconscious ever since. His recovery is
problematical, his condition being so
serious that he cannot be removed from
the camp. The runaway was caused by
of the crew escaped by jumping. The
engine ana wucts iiia ncio uciiiuxioiicu.
Poultry Farm Is Started.
EUGENE, Or., July 20. (Special.)
Entering the poultry Industry on
large scale, M. J. Thompson and R. R.
Bly are erecting pens to care for 6000
hens on a 30-acre farm near Eugene.
. Mr. Thompson, who has exhibited prize
winning stock at Northwest poultry
shows for several years, will have the
superlntendency of the farm. It is in
tended to market the poultry and eggs
In Eugene and Portland.
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CITY TO CUT WEEDS
Owners of Many Lots Fail to
Comply With Notices.
WORK IS TO BEGIN TODAY
Cost of Clearing Growth Away Will
Be Assessed Against Property.
Force of Laborers Expected
to Be Kept Busy Long.
Laborers in the city engineering de
partment will commence today the task
of mowing weeds on all vacant prop
erty where the grass and weeds have
not been cut in. compliance with weed
cutting notices posted last Monday and
Tuesday under the provisions of the
new city weed ordinance. Today marks
the fifth day of notice for nearly 100
lots. v
A supply of new scythes was put in
last week by the City Engineer, and
the laborers who up to this time have
been engaged in road work will be
given the new detail. It Is expected
that from now on the city will keep a
force of men busy at the work, because
of the fact that the time limit on a
large number of uncleaned lots prob
ably will expire daily during the next
two weeks.
While the laborers are cutting tne
weeds inspectors will be out posting
new notices. The cost of the work
will be assessed to the property bene
fited on the lien dockets of the city.
R. A. Booth Will Accept.
EUGENE, Or, July 20. (Special.)
R. A. Booth announced yesterday that
he would accept the appointment as a
member of the Panama Exposition
Commission from Oregon. Mr. Booth
had almost decided he could not give
the time required for the position,
when simultaneously he received assur
ances from friends out of the state that
his resignation would be regretted, and
a communication from Eugene business
men urging that he accept.
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During: this week we offer every
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ways been low, and the one-quarter
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