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TTTE MOKXTXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1913. 14 I BRIDGE ENGINEER IS HOT NAMED YET .Interstate Commission Holds Lengthy Session, but Defers i , Action Until Saturday. TWELVE FIRMS COMPETING Tji stern Men, -for Whose Benefit Hearings Were Delayed, Attend ! Meeting and Jio New Candi- dates Will Be Considered. For more than three hours yesterday . the Interstate Bridge Commission, be hind closed doors, considered the propo- ! sltions of 13 applicant for the position of engineer of the new Interstate ' bridge, and adjourned without making any seelctlon. The Commission will re convene Saturday morning, at which , time it Is believed an engineer will be chosen. t Although the engineer will not be ' named until the meeting Saturday, the hearings are closed, ana oniy proposi tions will be discussed from the 12 en- ; glneering firms which have representa tives before the Commission . -. At the special request of two en gineers who were not able to get here to be heard at our last meeting we postponed the closing of the hearings until today." said Commissioner Hol , man yesterday, "but no more will be heard now. We gave all candidates ample notice and have not rushed any of our proceedings. According to our , former announcement we will not beat ' any more engineers, but will devote our time between now anl Saturday to con sidering the terms and proposltons which have been submitted in writing by the engineers we have heard." The consideration of the propositions yesterday was by the full board. Gov ernor West being In attendance for the first time since the Joint board was or ganized. At the previous meetings. Major Bowlby, state highway engineer, has represented the Governor. In at tendance at yesterday's meeting besides Governor West were Commissioners Se rrlst. Rawson and Lindsay, of Clarke County: Commissioners Holman, Hart and Lightner. of Multnomah County, nd Auditor Marshall, of Clarke County, secretary of the Commission. At yesterday's session J. B. Strauss. of the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company. of Chicago, and Henry B. Seaman, con 1 suiting engtneer of bridges In New Tork City were heard by the Commls . .Ion. It was for these two that the ex- tra time was allowed. They had regis 'tered before the time limit expired, but wrote that they were unable to get here sooner. The 13 firms whose representatives have appeared before he Commission, land from whom the engineer will be chosen, are: ! Ralph ModJeskL Chicago; J. B. Strauss. Chicago: J. W. Bowerman. of lkwerman McCloy. Seattle; H. S. Crocker, of Crocker Moore. Denver and Portland: Elliott Construction Com pany. Potrland: C E. Fowler. Seattle: I.uclus Lucius. Portland: Hedrtck A Cochrane, Kansas City; A. C. O'Neel, Portland; Henry Seaman. New Tork: W add ell Harrington. Kansas City, and George Rite. Portland. CHRISTMASJNJAIL SAVES Men Will Thus Forego 50-Day Sentence or $100 line. By spending Christmas day In Jail. nv men charged with Illegal liquor wlltng will save themselves a sentence if 50 days in jail or $100 fln. Municipal Judge Stevenson announced yesterday, when he put over the cases of Jay De spaln. Fred Merchant, Giorge F. Swan. Jack Remington ami Frank Ames to Pecerober I and directed that defend ants be held in jail until the hearing. The fine for first offenses In the prac tice of "bootlegging" Is considered too severe by Judge Stevenson, and It was to obviate the enforcement of It that he caused the postponement. The five were quite happy at the prospect, fot they will receive a Christmas dinneT behlnrt the bars of much better quality than they would get If at liberty. VAGRANTS SENT TO JAIL 8ur-ted Holdup Men Put Out of I Barm's Way Over Holidays. j Severe sentences were meted out to ' a party of vagrants, supposed to be holdup men. arrested by Detectives Craddock and John Moloney. I Judge Stevenson sentenced George Passett to 0 days In Jail and a fine of :00. Walter Garthey. of Condon. Or, j .was allowed his freedom because he ! waa considered Ignorant of the charac ' ter of his associates. Natd Han. an t Arabian, was sentenced to SO days In !JaU. Will McCauley was given SS days in Jail, and thanked the court for the sentence. J. A. McGInley was released t on a suspended sentence. ; BLACKMAIL CHARGE DENIED To Attorneys In Los Angeles Enter j Pleas of "Xot Guilty." j LOS ANGELES. Deo. 22- C. S. Me I Kelvey and W. H. Stevens, attorneys ! Indicted on charges of having used the 1 malls In an attempt to blackmail, j pleaded not guilty In "the United States District Court here today. Their trials I will be set later. The indictments grew out of the trial J of George H- Bixby a Long Beach J millionaire, who was acquitted of charges of having contributed to the ' delinquency of young girls. PRAYER FOR AGED SENT UP ! Mrs. Morgan Deplores Pear of Death and lndu"Te for Life, i NTTW TORK. Dec 22. A special prayer for tnesa who have passed or nearly reached the allotted span of life has been sent to Rev. Earl Relland, n f Qf n.nrrt'i FolaeoDal Church. I by Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, widow of J the financier. I In the prayer Mrs. Morgan asks for divine help to "make the noblest use of mind and body In our advancing years." and near the close she implores aid to "take from us all fear of death and all despair or undue love of life. . j DERBY TO RJRNISH ROCK Main Trunk Highway In Jackson i County to Have Crushed Bed. f ; ASHLAND, Or.. Dee. 22. (Special.) ' The extensive quarries near Derby in this county will furnish a good share of .the crushed rock to be used spa the main trunk highway through Jackson County. The present capacity of the crushers is 100 tons dally, and this out put will be Increased to ISO tons a day by January 1. Proprietors of 'these quarries have been awarded the contract for furnish lnir this material throughout the length of the Pacific Highway coming under the jurisdiction of Jackson County, and a force of men will be employed au Winter In getting out material ready for the Spring's operations In road making. The Derby quarries . are equipped with every requisite, and the stone Is not only superior In quality but practically unlimited in quantity. The plant Is located near Derby, on the Pacific A Eastern. 20 miles distant from that road's connection with the Southern Pacific. Heretofore these ORPHEUM MANAGER TO DIRECT HIDMGHT SHOWS. frank Coffiaberrr- Frank Cofflnberry, manager of the Orpheum. has been appointed general issimo plenipotentiary of the. midnight matinee to be staged by the Theatrical Mechanical Asoclation of Portland at the Orpheum. Empress and Pantages Theaters December 31. . It will devolve on Mr. Coffinberry to select the Orpheum acts that are to shine In the midnight matinee and to act as chairman In the deliberations over the arrangement of the programme of the all-star show. As the artists who are to appear In the midnight matinee will have to hie from the Orpheum to the Empress and thence to Pantages to present the three-ln-one show, expert arrangement of the various acts will be required to stage the performances without a hitch. George L. Baker also received an appointment from the association yes terday. He is to be the official an nouncer. quarries have furnished a lot of mate rial for road-making operations In gen eral and for city paving purposes. CHRISTMAS IS ON TODAY ROTARY CXrB BEGINS OBSERV A NCR BT EVTERTAISI-fG WAIFS. Big Tree, Thoasaad Toys and Sweets and Theater ParUes Keatoree Arranged for Day. Christmas begins at 11 o'clock to day and continues until Christmas night in the Portland Rotary C'luo. All the Inmates of the various chil dren's homes will be the special guests of the Rotary Club in its celebration today. At 11 o'clock they will be es corted to the Columbia Theater, where a special Christmas programme, with selected films, will be given, and thence they will go to the Oregon Ho tel, where they will be guests of honor at the luncheon. T. L. Williams Is the Rotary Eanta Claus. and will dis tribute among them 1000 sacks of Christmas sweets and toys. The mem burs of the club also will be "in" on the distribution of presents, but their Interchange of gifts will be more in clined toward the burlesque. The Rotary Club has bought out the Baker Theater for the performance tonight and here the children will be given the entire gallery. The public celebration of Christmas holidays will close tomorrow night with the singing of Christmas carols in the street at Broadway and Oak, which will be closed to traffic and occupied by a great stand for the bands and singers. A big Christmas tree will be installed with five little trees revolving about It like satellites, to illustrate the Rotary Idea, and the tree will blase with electric lights. The Rev. J. H. Boyd will be master of ceremonies, and many of the prom inent singers of the city will partici pate In the programme. POSTMASTER PROXY SANTA Many Persons Call to Get Letters Addressed to Kris Krlngle. Busy as to has been ever since the Christmas rush at the postofflce be gan. Postmaster Myers put In his busiest day since taking office, yester day. He passed the day playing the role of a proxy Santa Claus. - All day people called on him for one or more of the letters that have been received, addressed to Santa Claus, and telling of the things their young writ ers desire for Christmas. One man asked for a number of let ters from little girls. "You see. we had a little girl with us for seven Chrlstmases." he said, "and this Christmas there Is no little stocking to fill." The postmaster gave him his pick of the several hundred letters.- - Anyone who feels that he or she would, like to help make Christmas merry has but to apply to Postmaster Myers, on the first floor of the post- office building. Talent Cannery Does Big Business. ASHLAXD, Or.. Dec 22. (Special.) The Talent cannery has shipped out It cars of its products thus far this season, averaging 25 tons to the car. Two cars have been shipped to Portland and one to San Francisco. The Middle West also will be Invaded, two cars having been shipped to Chicago, with more to follow. These cannery products embrace apples, pears, peaches, plums, beans, tomatoes and pumpkin. A lot of vinegar is also being forwarded to various markets. j R Baker, of Hutchinson. Kan., raised SO bushels of tomatoea oft 80 vines this Summer. The vines grew on trellises and ware 14 feet high. ' 1 - PLANS ARE INVITED Greater Portland Body Consid ering Public Auditorium. SITE SUGGESTION OFFERED Attention of City Commissioner of Public Affairs Called to Loca tion of Old High School by Head of Association. At a meeting of the executive board of the Greater Portland Plans Associa tion, held yesterday in the Journal Building. J. B. Laber. Arthur Langguth and Robert H. Strong were appointed a committee to receive suggestions ana plans for the location and building of a public auditorium. Members of all civic organizations and any private citizen will be at liberty to offer suggestions and send them to J. B. Laber, Corbett Building. Marshall Dana presided and Mrs. Ber tha Taylor Voorhorst acted as secre tary. Mr. Strong asked the chair if the suggestion made by the president re garding the adaptability of the old Lin coln High School site as a location for the auditorium was an official com munication from the association and Mr. Dana explained that It merely was a personal suggestion and that many others would be brought forth and sifted down by the committee Just ap pointed. Tho followine- is the communication of Mr. Dana explaining the attitude of the association officers to w. L. bkw ster. City Commissioner of Public Af fairs: I invlta your attention to our communi cation cf December 1. ana In view of cer tain requests for an explanation "we desire to aay that the letter referred to la the transmission of a suggestion dt me presi rrat and secretary of the Greater Portland Plana Association, and la not' a recommen dation of the association, because the Ben nett plan Indicates but one site for the Auditorium and that at Nineteenth and Washington streets. The suggestion contained In the communi cation waa merely to aid you In the con sideration of all altee recommended. Neither the president nor the secretary or me mao ciatlon tiaa the power to apeak for the asso ciation, and no auch authority had been given at any meeting held. MAYOR HAS MAN OUSTED OFFICIAL FOR CORPORATION IS EJECTED FROM SEATTLE OFFICE. Cotterlll Resents Charge He Is Tool of Labor I'alonn, Made by Traction Compaay Masu SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec 22. (Special.) W. J. Granibs, superintendent of light and power for the Puget Sounu Traction: Light & Power Company, was ejected from Mayor Cotterlll's office by Patrolman Haubrls today at the re quest of the city official, after Mr. Grambs declined to leave when asked to do so. Mr. Grambs was not placed under arrest. The trouble which culminated today began a week- ago, when Mr. Grambs called on Mayor Cotterlll In company with several members of the Employ ers' Association.- to discuss the team sters' strike. The Mayor charges that Grambs asserted that city officials, the City Council, the Civil Service Commis sion and employee all were dominated by the labor unions. "Mr. "Gram be concluded his assertion hy declaring that 'and you. too, Mr. Mayor, are controlled by the labor unions," the Mayor said today. v "When Mr. Grambs made tne state ment I requested him to say no more, adding that I did not intend to stand for insult from any man. "When Mr. Grambs and about 25 members of the Employers' Association called on me today I fold Mr. Chandler, my secretary, that I would be pleased to see the members of tne Association If Mr. Grambs would remain outside. 1 also said I would receive Mr. Grambs in private. "When the committee came In to my office Mr. Grambs insisted on accom panying them. He declined to leavo when invited oy me to ao so. men requested my secretary to call a police man and Mr. Grambs was accompanied from my office. There waa no con fusion and no words. "Even the Mayor of a city may re sent an Insult such as Mr. Grambs of fered me in the presence of others. I do not propose to stand for that sort of thing a minute. I shall be pleased to see Mr. Grambs in private. If he wishes, but I will not submit to dis cussion of such matters before a body of citlxens. SANTA GLAUS AWAITED HOME OF BOYS' AJfD GIRLS' AID SOCIETY ON HIS LIST. Y.nngrstera WU1 Pass Today as Guests ef Rotary Club, aad Will Have Fns and See Sights of City. The receiving home of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society is overflowing with the Christmas spirit, and the children are in a great state of Pi 'pectancy, looking forward to the coming of Santa Claus on Friday even ing. December 2S, at 7:30 o'clock. E. V. Floyd, of the Young People's Society of the White Temple, has announced that it will be Impossible for Santa to reach the receiving home of the Boys and Girls' Aid Society before that time. The Young People's Society, of the White Temple will have charge of the Christmas festivities, as they have for many years. The other young people's societies who assist In the Sunday School work and are helping with the Christmas cheer at the receiving home embrace the Centenary Methodist, Third Presbyterian and Unitarian. The things the children most re quire nuts, candy, oranges, mittens and gloves of all sizes, stockings and shoes, and any such sifts will be ac ceptable and will be called for if Su perintendent Gardner is notified by phone. East 5 or B-U04. Today will be a day of pleasure for the children who are invited by the Rotary Club to a Christmas tree at noon In the Oregon Hotel fountain grill, where each -child will receive a Christmas bag. after which it Is the in tention' to give them an afternoon looking around town and at the pic ture shows. Eleven children have been invited out for Christmas, which Superintend ent Gardner says is more thanever before invited since he has had charge of the work. One man and his wife have Invited two children, brothers, to go with them to Newport for the holi days. They have one bey of their own and it Is their Intention to take an other little boy for company, but on seeing the two brothers they concluded to take both. Another friend isgoing to take two little boys to his home at McMinnville and make them happy, as he has no children of his own. Other parties are taking two children each, with one exception, and they are taking one" little girl. There are now 40 boys and 32 girls in the receiving home. TITLED YANKEES RETURN Two Duchesses to Pass Holidays, at Home Manchester Expects War. NEW TORK, Dec. 22. Special.) Two Duchesses, both American girls, came home for the Christmas holidays on the steamer George Washington today. They were the Duchess de Chaulnes, formerly. Theodora Shonts, and the Duchess of Manchester, before her marriage Miss Zimmerman, of Cin cinnati. The Duke of Manchester came to this country with his wife, but their four children were left at Tandrague Cas tle, on the Manchester estate in Ire land. Lord Faulkner, a young English nobleman, was with them. The Duke and Duchess of Manches ter will spend Christmas with the Zim merman family in Cincinnati. "There certainly will be a fight in Ireland," said the Duke, "If the home rule bill goes through. Ulster has 100, 000 men ready to fight and fully 80,000 of them are trained. They can cope with any kind of troops." The Duchess de Chaulnes was ac companied by the Due de Chaulnes, her 7-year-old son, and her sister, Miss Margarita Shonts. PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD Paralytic Stroke Kills Mrs. Dunham Wright, of Medical Springs. MEDICAL SPRINGS. Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) Mrs. Dunham Wright, 7 years old last May, a pioneeror ure- gon and wife of one of the most prom inent citlxens of Baker County, died here yesterday afternoon as the result of a paralytica stroke at breakfast Sat urday morning. She had been ill for three years, but was able to be up ana around until the stroke Saturday. The funeral was held here this afternoon. Mrs. Wright was born in Missouri. Her maiden name was Mishy Duncan. She came to Oregon while a child and In July, 1867, was married, to Dunham Wright, who is one of the heavy prop erty owners of this section. Besides Mr. Wright, one daughter, Mrs. Grace Foye, of Medical Springs: three broth ers and a sister survive. The brothers are Fred P. Duncan, of Union; Winn Duncan, of Montana, and Richard Dun can, of Medical Springs. The sister is Mrs. Delia Murphy, of Cove. MAIL CONGESTION DENIED Burleson Says Despite Volume In crease Facilities Adequate. WASHINGTON. Dec 22. Reports from the principal points throughout the country where the holiday malls run heaviest, were recetved today by Postmaster-General Burleson. Practi cally without exception they showed that conditions are better than during many years previous and at no point has the volume of mall exceeded the distribution facilities. "We have no congestion, either In the dray mall service or in postofflces." said Mr. Burleson tonight. "The In crease In the volume of mall has been phenomenal, the data that we have at hand Indicating that It is 75 per cent greater than during the holiday season of last year." Cincinnati, New York, Boston, Omaha, St Louis, Fort Worth and Seattle re ported the conditions to be better than In seasons past, despite increased vol ume of mall. DUFUR TAX LEVY IS LOWER Council Decides 6 Mills Enough on Higher Assessment. DUFUR. "Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.) The Dufiur Council at its last meeting Be a Good Old Santa nninl to our door as the door of true shoe economy, Christmas Specials Pus-in-Boots Comfy Slippers, in other stores. Men's House Slippers ONE DOLLAR Our Low Rent Makes Your Dollars Do Double Duty J29 4th St. bet fSfcSr tf.r ji E tie s'-fes Ml-1 Mil if F&J f $2.90 :C S.aLmmePJiio e S WW Open Saturday Evenings "SOLVE THE XMAS PROBLEM" Solve the Christmas Problem with The Postal Shop's Quality Cards. They are always a delight to the recipient because they express your thoughts and wishes in an individual way. The greeting you would send to that old friend or school chum, the new acquaintance, or the folks back home, is here expressed a httle better than Hie Postal Shop, 124 Fifth, near Washington. . . OPEN UNTIL HOTEL M OREGON Reserve Your Table for the Big Christmas Dinner Call up at once, stating which dining room ou prefer, and secure your table for the big dinner to be held Christmas day from 5 :30 to 8:30 P. M. in the Crystal Dining Room and the beautiful Foun tain Grill, $1.50 per plate, including wine. SPECIAL, CHRISTMAS MUSIC The service in the Raths keller will be a la carte with the regular . HOTEL OREGON r CABARET in attendance in Christ mas songs and specialties. HOTEL OREGON ORCHESTRA Signer Pietro Marino, Director. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. M. C. Dickinson, Managing Director. fixed the tax levy for the year at 6 mills. This is 4 mills lower than the levy for this year, but as the assess ments are much jgher it is expected that the lower levy of 8 mills will raise as much money. At the recent annual meeting of the voters in this school district No. 29 a tax of S mills for next year was voted unanimously. WARRANT FOR BANKER OUT Ex-President of Kansas Institution May Face Shortage. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec 22. A warrant for the arrest of C. G. Bicker, for-may-Tir nronloTit nf the defunct Tates Center National Bank, of Yates Center, Kan. has been Issued, uovemmev cials here said today. They said i loK11itl nrnhRhlv would amount to U75.000 and that Ricker had disappeared from his home in tares Center. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22. James E. Foye, formerly a. clerk in the employ of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company of New York City, pleaded guilty today to four bills of indictment charging him with fraudulently making written instruments and uttering and pubiisn ing them, and also with obtaining 20. 000'by false pretenses from the broker age firm of Charles T. Brown & Co., of Philadelphia, Sentence was leierrea. Moral Dance Ordinance Sought. m ROSEBTJRG, Or., Dec 22. (Special.) A petition asking at once a so-called moral dance ordinanace was presented to the members of the City Council to night. The ordinance, if adopted, will be similar to that now In effect in Portland. Compilation of the ordinance has been placed In the hands of the City Attorney. SPUG $1.50 tore 'ol.s h irg torx&-AJder you could ao it yourseii. , U. S. STATION No. 19 Opposite Lipman, Wolfe & Co. 11:30 EVENINGS. m ss i J SANTA CLAUS has found his way to the Columbian Optical Company and hundreds of homes will be made happy with a Kodak or a pair of Opera or Field Glasses. One of the nicest things for mother or father to make the Christmas day complete Is a pair of our Columbian Fitted Spectacles. Ifcamination of the eyes and proper lenses ground after Christmas, with no additional charge. Don't forget the boy. Buy him a microscope, a magnifier or a Brownie Camera, and by the time old St. Nicholas comes again he will be a brighter boy. Kodaks from , .-.$...... $5.00 to $65.00 Brownie Cameras $1-00 to $12.00 Opera Glasses $4.00 to $40.00 Binoculars and Field Glasses $6.00 to $75.00 Microscopes , : ,.$3.00 to $15.00 Magnifiers and Readers $ .50 to $ 5.00 Lorgnettes $4.00 to $20.00 A magnificent assortment of very latest shell goods in Eye Glasses, Spectacles and Lorgnettes. COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. 145 SIXTH STREET Flowees r i r " - - - , u 1 i rt Are always appreciated because of the beautiful senti ments they reflect. Nothing is quite so appropriate for a lady as a box of r a is" or a beautiful Christmas Plant. Early ordering urgently requested. ' Free Special Delivery to every part of the city. CLARKE BROS. Florists Morrison Street. Bet. Fourth and Fifth Streets. .5. A Christmas Union Meat - sfk zpir i " i -'-nil iirnii " SELLING BUILDING or as a Gift FLOWERS - ..i. sun . ... mtu Suggestion Just stuff your tur key with BRAND Pure Pork Sausage TJ. S. Government In spected.) And you will say that it was the best tasting turkey you ever ate. Company. . -.4 . v.