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OCTOBER 28, 1913. If CITY TO TAKE PART BOURNE BILL BARS MAJOR MTNDOE TO CONFER WITH HEAD OF HIS CORPS ON JETTIES, DREDGING AND DIKING IN COLUMBIA RIVER. Next Wednesday Will Be "RED LETTER DAY" 1 0 Z?t. Green Trading Stamps Free its All Visitors to Premium Parlors II BRIDGE PARADE HI jut. y tV r J I ,T'i f Charge Purchases made today and the re mainder of this month" will go on your Novem ber bill, which la pay able on December 1. Olds, Wortman & King ' Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods. Occupying Entire Block Morrison, Tenth, West Park and Alder Streets. Plans for Final Rally Saturday Paid Circulators Taboo Under Initiative Measure Pro posed by ex-Senator. ' ; Are Being Prepared on Ambitious Scale. ,1 !, f"" -IT $38.50 Gowns and Dancing Frocks OREGON CITY PLANS FLOAT i z y a VOLUNTEERS ARE ASKED V7V ..:.: - i-a mtrr? TOlVTVC OT? TOO VTA V. TUESDAY, PETITION HAWKERS Elaborate Arrangements Under Way for Banqnet in Xorth Portland and AH Decorations Will I. Typify Interstate Viaduct. With the final week of the interstate bridge campaign here, committees are completing: plans for the celebration Saturday afternoon and evening;, which is expected to bring; all Multnomah County to the support of the bond is cue that is to be voted upon Tuesday, November 4. At a meeting; yesterday of members of the bridge campaign committee with Mayor Albee and City Commissioners Daly and Dleck, the city's end of the parade was considered in detail. Mu nicipal Purchasing; Agent Wood, Chief of Police Clark and Fire Chief Doweli were appointed a committee on ar rangements. It is proposed to have the city's sec tion representative of all branches of the city's work. Both the police band and the Fire band will furnish music and a long line of city automobiles, trucks and fire apparatus will be artis tically decorated. Being Saturday all branches of the city's work will be at a standstill, which will enable all the vehicles to take part in the demon stration. At yesterday's meeting, In addition to the Mayor and Commissioners, Oeorge I. Baker, J. P. Flnley, A. L. Barbur, Julius L. Meier and J. H. Nolta, representing the bridge campaign com mittee, were present. Clacbanuu County- Interested. The committee was surprised yes terday to learn that Clackamas County is showing considerable interest in the bridge campaign and that Oregon City will be represented by a float in the parade. Besides Vancouver, which will send 100' automobiles. Southwestern Wash ington will send representation from Jiaymond, South Bend, Chehalis. Cen tralia, Richfield, Castle Rock, Kalama and Lyle. Portland organizations will be repre sented by hundreds of floats and auto mobiles. The Automobile Club alone is expected to have mere than 500 ma chines in line. Department stores and other large firms will turn out practi cally all the automobiles they use. The clubs and other organizations which have participated in the campaign will have floats and delegations in automo biles. It will take fully an hour and a half for the parade to pass any given point. Peninsula Plans Made. Preliminary to the main parade through the business sections of the Kast and West Sides, the Southwestern Washington and East Portland con tingents will parade In moving to po sition for the main parade. Notifica tion has been Issued for aJi -who are entering from places north of Russell street to assemble at 1 o'clock Saturday at Killingsworth and Williams avenues. Here they' will be joined by the delega tions from across the Columbia, from St. Johns and other districts. Vancouvei people will line up on Union avenue, south of Killingsworth, and St. Johns people on Killinirsworth. west of Union All others on Union avenue, north ot Killingsworth. After passing through Northeast Portland; the parade will cross the Broadway bridge, where It will Join the other sections and move up Broadway in the main parade of the day at 2 o'clock. t Women's organizations of Portland are asked to participate and several have accepted. The North Portland Commercial Club has received several hundred reserva tions for the bridge banquet Saturday night. The Columbia bridge is to be featured at this banquet as never be fore. Everything from the menu to the decSl-tions is to be suggestive of the bridge. A model 'electric line and model autos will run across a miniature pro duction of the proposed bridge on the banquet table, and the programme will include addresses by all members of the Interstate bridge campaign committee. PIONEER OF 1852 CALLED Sirs. Margaret Wagenblast Dies at Age of 61 Years. Mrs. Margaret Wagenblast, a pio neer of 1832, and one of a prominent family of Oregon and Washington pio neers, died Sunday at the home of ner daughter, Mrs. J. V. Tamlesie, 795 Hajght avenue. Mrs. Wagenblast was born in Mis souri in 1S52, and when but 2 months -,ld began the journey across the plains by ox team with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Proebstel. the family set tling near Vancouver, Wash., where they resided for many years. She was married to Jacob Wagenblast July 11, 1869, and Is survived by her husband and the following children: James H. Wagenblast. of Salem; Jacob Wagen blast, Jr., of Placentia, Cal.; Mrs. Will iam O'Malley. Mrs. J. V. Tamiesie and Mrs. J. W. Asplund, of this city. Sur viving brothers and sisters are George W. Proebstel. of Weston, Or.; A. J., W. W., C. B. Proebstel, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright and Mrs. Eugene Berth, of Van couver, and Mrs. J. B. Dupuis, of Wes ton Or The funeral services will he held in Vancouver, Wash., at 2 o'clock tomorrow. If f t v at Copywright, Harris & Ewing, Washington, D. C. BRIGADIER-GENERAIi DAN C. KINGMAN, CHIEF OF ENGINEERS To confer with Brigadier-General Dan C. Kingman, chief of th Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., Major J. K. Mclndoe, in charge of opera tlons in the Second Oregon District, comprising the Columbia and Willamette rivers, is on his way to Washington. He left Saturday and will be gone two weeks. General Kingman was advanced to chief of engineers on the recent retirement ot Brigadier-General Rossell. As he has not served on the Pacific Coast, Major Mclndoe will endeavor to familiarize him with the important details of river work under way here and particularly with reference to the need of additional dredging facilities on the bar. i i CHARGE 15 PRESSED Mrs. J. 0. Layman Wants Al leged Swindler Extradited. RQBINWITZ PLAN IS TOLD Woman, After Answering Advertise ment, Is Taken to Diamond Pal ace and Oregon Jewelry Com- . "pany for Stone's Appraisal. Reinforced by the advice of an attor ney whom she consulted as to the ex tradition bf L. Robinwitz, alias L. Davis, who she charges with obtaining $275 from her on gems which were nearly worthless, Mrs. G. O. Layman yesterday asked the District Attorney to issue a requisition for the extradi tion of Robinwitz from Tacoma. Robin witz is still in jail in Tacoma. follow ing his arrest Sunday on a warrant is sued by Municipal Judge Stevenson on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.' With the assurance that the note given her by Robinwitz, in which he says that he received $275 from her on the gems, constitutes the "written token," which deputies in the District Attorney's office declared necessary to extradite Robinwitz, Mrs. Layman took WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SENIOR LAW CLASS, IS VERSI'i'V OF OREGON. GRADE. CROSSINGS TO GO O.-W.' K. & X. Trepares Plans for Lowering 3 Miles of Track. The O.-W. R. & N. has prepared plans for lowering its main line in Sullivan's Gulch nearly to the city limits, which will eliminate all the grade crossings on the streets running north and south. It will be required to lower the tracks for a distance of about three miles. Viaducts will be required at the street intersections. At present several points are urging viaducts, including East Thirtv-seventh, East Fifty-seventh and East Sixty-fourth streets. Unless these grade crossings are done away with entirely the proposed street rail way on East Halsey street and the Barr roa-d will not be built, as the street railway company will not build the line on grade crossings. The East Halsey-Street Improvement Association Is completing a bonus of $21,000 to get the street railway on East Halsey to East Eighty-second, but one of the conditions is that there shall be no grade crossings. New Tork will add 500 men to Its police force. 1 & t- V f.' T- . f-.'. VT. . -i Mlx Nettle Mae Rankin. For the first time in the his tory of the school, a woman, Miss Nettie Mae Rankin, has been chosen president of the senior law class, of the University of Oregon. The class election was held at a meeting last week. Other officers chosen are: Henry S. Bartow, of Vancouver, Wash., vice-president; George W. Mc Math, of Portland, secretary, and J. E. Werlein, of Portland, treas urer. Miss Rankin is an Oregon girl, having received the great er portion of her education In this state. She graduated from the Lincoln High School in Feb urary, 1907; from the State Nor mal School at Monmouth in June, 1908. After graduating at the normal school she accepted a po sition as teacher In the public schools in Salem. She continued her work at the Capital City for a year and a half, 'coming to Portland to accept a position In the Hawthorne School more than three years ago. Miss Rankin passed the state bar examination this month, passing with high honors. She" has not decided, however, whether she will en gage In the practice of her pro fession. She lives with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rankin, at 1030 East Main street. up vigorously yesterday efforts to se cure the prosecution. "I feel that there are : many others who were deceived in the same way that I was," she said yesterday, "but it is human nature to be unwilling to confess that one has been duped. It is the first business deal that I was ever in in which I was the victim, and I hope to avoid loss yet. "Robinwitz told me that he had lost money on a ball game and wished to pay a bill which he owed, after I had answered an advertisement in a news paper, asking for a 35-day loan of $275 on the security of valuable diamonds. He took me, with the rings, a three stpne diamond' ring and a six-stone cluster ring, to the Diamond Palace, where the clerk told me that they were worth at least $250. He also took me to the Oregon, Jewelry Company, at Third and Washington streets, where they assured me that -the gems were worth $200 at least. I suggested that we go to a reputable Washington-street Jeweler, but he pleaded that he was working, had been given a short time oft and must go back to his work. "That night I thought it over and concluded that if the two jewelers said the diamonds were of nearly the value of the money which he wished, I would take them, though I thought somewhat unfavorably of Robinwitz, because he said that the three-stone ring was his wife's engagement ring and the other was a gift he had made his wife. "Later I answered another advertise ment in the newspapers, asking for $175. A man whom I am sure was Robinwitz came to my apartment-house early one morning and rang the bell furiously. It was early and I was too sleepy to answer it, so he went away. From descriptions I got later I am sure it was Robinwitz. If it were he, I might have caught him then, for I had given a name and telephone different from the one J gave the first time." PAVING COST PROTESTED RICHARD EVAXS ASKS AXXCIi MEX'T OF ASSESSMEXT. Plaintiff Charges That Holgate Street Improvements Are Value less, Due to City's Action. Suit to annul the assessments against plaintiff's property for improvements on Holgate street, to enjoin city offi cials from enforcing the assessments by Hens against four lots owned by the plaintiff and to prevent the city from creating any indebtedness, binding the city, because of the improvements was filed by Richard Evans against Mayor Albee and City Auditor Barbur yester day. Mr. Evans alleges that because no improvements have been made on a long stretch of the street in compli ance with an agreement entered into by the old City Council with the South ern Pacific Railroad, whereby the rail road is to build a viaduct over its tracks, the value of Improvements on each end of the street, against which an assessment has been made, is prac tically made negligible. The improvement of Holgate street has been under way for several years. Originally a contract was let to improve the street, crossing the railroad tracts at grade level. Later the Soutltern Pa cific Railroad proposed that a viaduct over its tracks be built, and executed a bond to construct the viaduct. Conse quently about six blocks, which will be occupied by the structure were left unimproved. Mr. Evans says that the bond does not specify when the viaduct will be completed and inasmuch as the altera tion in the plans of Improvement was made irregularly, he asks that, the as sessments for the Improvements be held up. R0BEER SUSPECTS CAUGHT Captnre Made Shortly After Looting of Aniauf Postoffice. DRAIN, Or., Oct. 27. Special.) The postoffice at Aniauf. Or., was robbed to day at noon, robbers securing 100 money orders, a few stamps and a small amount of money. Southern Pa cific Special Agent Burns, who' was at Comstock when news of tne robbery was received there, secured a motorcar and captured two suspects at Leonu and brought them to Drain and lodged them in jail. They gaVe the names of Earl Smith and Bert Johnson. - When searched the loot was found on the two men. Convicted Violator to Be Punished by Fine of From $ 1 00 to $ 1 000, or by Term of Xot Less Than One Month in Jail. To remedy the evils resulting from paying petition circulators to obtain names to Initiate, referendum, recall and nominating petitions, Jonathan Bourne, Jr., ex-United States Senator, in a letter addressed to the people of Oregon, has proposed a law which will require that the circulation of all such petitions must be voluntary on the part of the circulators. The proposed law provides a penalty of $100 to $1000, or of one month to one year in jail, for violation of any of its provisions. Ex-Senator Bourne plans to have it placed upon the ballot under tho initiative at the next general election, which will be in November, 1914. In order, however, to put to the test his theory that when a real need for a law exists there will always be volun teer workers in plenty, he says that no persons will be paid for circulating pe titions in behalf of the measure, but that all work for ft shall be entirely voluntary. He makes the request that persons willing to help communicate with him. Letter Contains Measure. . The letter, issued under date of Oc tober 25, follows in full: Believing, aa I do. that tho Oreeon sys tem is the best legal medium thus far evolved for the protection of both personal and. oroDertV rlehts. and that the Initiative and referendum are the ar.lnsprtng of the whole system, and that no Increase in the percentage of petitioners for the Ini tiative or referendum is necessary, or a majority vote requirement advisable, yet am firmly convinced of the advisability and necessity of a legal prohibition of paid circulation of petitions. ine sole purpose or the Oreeon system of popular government is to secure an effec tive expression of the will of the people. So far as the Initiative, referendum, direct primary and recall do secure such expres sion, they are invaluable powers in gov ernment. To the extent that they fail in this reeard. they are defective, and reme dial measures should be adopted. rne beginning of action under these re served powers must be by a petition which is designed to represent a certain amount of public sentiment in favor of a specific movement. Experinece has shown, however. that men favoring certain measures or can didates employ others to circulate petitions and secure signatures thereto, paying a .specified surn for each signature secured. wnn ine r-suii. ma. i me peiiLiuns uo not truly represent public sentiment. To the extent that a petition does not represent the-desire of the people, it is a means of deception. Experience has also shown that the practice of employing paid circulators not only results in securing signatures out of proportion to public sentiment, but en courages unscrupulous persons to forge sig natures. This evil has been so pronounced not only in Oregon, but In Ohio, that remedial measures are urgently needed. Real Need Mill Be Met. "We must preserve unimpaired the right of petition. But preservation of the right of petition does not require continuance of the practice of employing paid circulators any more than preservation of the right vote requires continuance or tne lormer practice of paying men to go to the polls. All that is necessary is iree opportunity for preparing, circulating and filing peti tions. I believe that If real need exists for a proposed law, or If there be general desire for the candidacy of any person, tfrat need desire win oe recognizee: oy a suz- f iclent number of persons who will vol untarily circulate petitions. If public senti ment is not strong enough to secure vol untary petitions, no harm will be done by deferring action until such time as pub- to sentiment snail oe crystaiuzea. un doubtedly It Is true that some desirable laws heretofore adopted would not have been submitted If employment of paid cir culators had been prohibited. But we have made progress since then. The Oregon system has been fully established, it has become thoroughly understood and there should no longer be need for retention of methods whose evil results have been demonstrated. Volunteers Are Asked. Therefore. I have prepared for submis sion under the initiative a comprehensive bill prohibiting employment of pain cir culators of petitions under the initiative, referendum, direct primary or recall. 1 believe there Is need lor such a law ana shall put to the test of practice my theory that when such need exlsLs there will be a sufficient number of volunteer circulators of petitions. I shall be glad to have the co-operation and assistance of all persons who believe as i oo, and ir tne voluntary circulation of petitions results in the neces sary number of signatures I shall file the petitions so that the measure may be sub mitted at the next general election. The bill have dralted reads as roiiows: "From and after the passage of this act It shall be unlawful for any person to give, offer to give, promise to give or cause to be given, directly or indirectly, any valuable consideration, employment or appointment for the purpose cf inducing any other per- on to circulate or secure signatures to any petition for the initiative, rererenaum recall, or tor placing tne name oi any person upon any ballot or ror tno nom ination of any person for any office pro vided for bv the constitution or the laws of the State of Oregon or of any municipal ity therein. Any person convicted oi tne violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a nne ot not less han $100 nor more than snwu, or oy im prisonment In the county Jail not less than one month nor more than one year." Those who believe this Dili snouin oe submitted and who are willing to volun tarily circulate petitions in that oenair are requested to address me at 70o Chamber of Commerce buiMinc. Portland, Oregon. Rosebnrg Banks Show Gain. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) Offered as a Special Today at It 's one of the greatest sales of high-grade Dresses we have yet offered our customers and, judging by the keen interest being shown, they will be snapped np in a hurry. Every gown and dress in the assortment has been chosen from our regular lines. This fact alone makes them much sought for on account of the ex clusiveness of the styles and splendid quality of the materials used. Beautiful accordeon-pleated chif fons in many charming styles; also attractive models of charmeuse, and messalines and combination ef fects of chiffon, laces and silks. Handsome gowns and dresses for evening and party wear quite a number of them in round lengths for dancing while others are entrain. Elaborately trimmed with laces, beads, jets, ribbons, flowers, bands, girdles, etc. Skirts are in the fashionable draped styles or with lace overdrapes. All the desirable evening shades are well represented, and there is 2 t O iQ also an excellent assortment of sizes for both women and misses.. Worth up to $33.50 pJ-0 aftO Full Line Halloween Novelties Very Latest Ideas for "Prank Night" Entertaining and Home Decorations. See Window. Nearly everyone is planning some special diversion for Halloween parties, balls, masquerades, or home enter taining. We have a splendid assortment of the new est novelties many clever ideas not shown elsewhere. Jack o 'Lanterns, Skulls, Cats, Ghosts, Witches, Pumpkins, Silhouettes, Festoons, Table Sets, Garlands, Invitations, Tallies, Gummed Seals, Hats, Brooms, Figures, Nut Cups, Spider Pins, Greetings, Place Cards, and scores of other articles and suggestions. See them. Paper Novelties on sale on the Main Floor. Papier Mache Novelties on sale on 4th Floor. .Jill Drapery Remnants at 2 Price Fancy Pillow Tops, Special, 23c Bargain Circle Fancy Pillow Tops of high-grade materials. Great variety of pat- O terns. To $1.00 values'-'' TTr,-,r Pillnw Tnns. worth up to $2.00. special today tor VSC $25.00 Fancy Cretonne Hat Boxes, extrg well made, only $12.48 j Baigain Clrcle Remnants ot Scrims, Cretonnes, Swisses, Sin dours. Tapestries, etc., in j eood lengths. All reduced. : ' Handkerch'f Sale Continued for Today Main Floor You usually wait until the first of December be fore you see any such display of Handkerchiefs as we now have ready. Among them are the daintiest, prettiest things we've ever shown. If you intend giv ing handkerchiefs for Christmas don't delay choose right noM;. while the assortments are largo and choosing easy. Special re duced prices are now in force. Portland Agents for "Knit-Right" Sweaters for Men, Women, Children per cent. If this ratio of Increase is kept up for a year, the deposits will show a. "0 per cent increase, a good in dication that Roseburg and Douglas County are still prosperous. grozieImvicii JOURNALIST AVEIiLr EfOTTX IN OREGOX, DIES AT MANILA. of $2. The mystery was cleared up yesterday when it was discovered that a mistake was made by a clerk in a rather unusual way. The clerk in question for years has been at the -window where receipts are made out. His business has always been to fill out the receipts and pass them out the window to applicants for licenses. While the man who handles the cash was on his vacation last Summer, this clerk was asslprned to his place. He was so accustomed t passing- out receipts that he cashed :i S2 warrant one day and passed the warrant back to the person on the out side of tho window. And then fol lowed the lonr; searrh. Record as Soldier and Newspaper Man Made by Former Sergeant of Second Volunteers. William Crozier, managing editor of th Manila Daily Bulletin, died at Manila September 22 of Bubonic plague. He was widely known in Oregon haviner served with the Second Regi ment of Oregon Volunteers, In which he was a sergeant. Prior to the out break of the war he had been con nortec with the East Oregonlan at Pendleton and the Oregon Journal. TJurine- the interim between the taking of Manila and the breaking nut of the Philippine insurrection Mr. Crosier and James Reed Hull, soldier in the Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers, got out the first Amer ican newspaper ever published in the inlands. It was called the American Soldier. The regiment was mustered out in Rentember. 1899. and Mr. Crozier be came citv editor of Freedom. In 1901 he went to the American in which he nirrchased a Dart interest becoming nnle owner in 1905. In 1912 he be came managing editor of the Bulletin. Mr. Crozier was married in 1906 to Miss Mary Le-yton who was a nurse in the Division Hospital of Manila. Mrs. Crozier and one child, a daughter, Hiirvive. He was preparing to visit his family in the United States when stricken. As evidence of the esteem in which Mt. Crozier was held by all with whom he came in contact, numerous mes sages of sympathy were received by his family and his paper from all over the Islands. ; HABIT CAUSE OF SEARCH Receipt; Clerk Gives Warrant for $C Belonging to City Long Lost. From August 9 this year to October 21 the deposits of three of Roseburg s banking institutions according to Rturpmpnt!) iasiieri Saturdav. show an increase of deposits of $156,721.83. On I " For nearly two months 4he best ac- the total deposits this makes the per- countants in tne Lity ireasurers oi centage of Increase a fraction over 13 "ce have ben searching for a shortage i i I ''iS-ii i g II ,11 IP'.'fS I. Hr and Johnny Cake all cornmeal or flour cakes are always lieht, tasty and deli cious when raised with Rumford Baking Powder. 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