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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1914)
THE MOTTNTNG OITEGOINTAN. WEDNESDAY, APRIE 29, 1014. 'HREPROQFED WOOD' CHALLENGES STEEL County, City and School Heads Are Shown How to Build Cheaper, Safe Buildings. SAVING NEAR 50 PER CENT Lumber Interests Will Build Struc ture Thoroughly to Test J. E. Tonr- tellotte'6 Proposed cw Method . by Practical Experiments. , 3. E. Tourtellotte, of Tourtellotto & Hummel. Monday night laid before the joint meeting: of the City and County Commissioners and School Board a plan for construction of fireproof buildings entirely of Oregon materials, which, he eaid, should cost from 25 to 50 per cent less than the present steel and concrete fireproof ing. He offered, to demonstrate the feasi bility of his method by constructing a building under this plan and allowing it to be set on fire, guaranteeing that lour times the ordinary amount of fur niture in a room could be burned with out destroying the room and the build ing. A delegation of representatives from the various leading lumber concerns of Portland announced their willingness to stand the expense of constructing such a building for the purpose of mak ing the test. If the test should prove successful it was recommended that the committee now at work on the revision of the building code be advised to incorporate in the new code the necessary provi sions to make possible the erection of the buildings by the use of Oregon lum ber firejwoofed by Mr. Tourtellottes's proposed method. "I believe I can show by my meth od," said Mr. Tourtellotte before the joint body, "that wood, suitably fire proofed, is the best, the most effective and the cheapest medium in the world for safe construction. , Oregon Money Stays Here. "If we build public fireproof struc tures from steel and concrete shipped from other states we get the buildings and they get the money for the mate rial. If we build them from materials that we can produce in our own state the taxpayers get both the buildings and the money. "If steel can be protected, wood can also be protected. We have mines of asbestos in Oregon near Roseburg, and we can produce cement also. A layer of f ireproofing, composed of as bestos and cement an inch thick, I be lieve I can prove to be better than three Inches of any other fireproofing material." Mr. Tourtellotte said that by previous test he had found a solid construction of Oregon fir timber, fircproofed with this preparation, was less liable to dam age from fire than steel and concrete, both asbestos and wood being non-conductors of heat and not subject to ex pansion and shrinkage, as is steel. As to the cost, he said that a building erected under this method, while equal ly as safe as the steel and concrete fire proof buildings, would cost only about 7 or 8 cents per cubic foot. F. A. Kara more, superintendent of properties of the school district, said that the aver age cost of the buidings being erected by the district under present require ments is from 13 to 17 Vis cents per cubic foot. M. G. Munly. of the School Board, pointed out that the school buildings now being constructed cost about $8000 a room, while the same buildings, built under the estimates mentioned by Mr. Tourtellotte and my the plan he out lined, would cost approximately $2500 a room. Lumbermen Approve Test. F. C. Knapp, speaking for the dele gation of lumbermen, said that they were willing to stand the expense of making the test proposed by Mr. Tour tellotte. It was suggested that plans and estimates of any of the proposed behooi buildings be placed in the hands of Mr. Tourtellotte and that he esti mate their cost in Oregon material, fireproofed by the new method, so that an exact idea of the saving may be obtained. The committee on building code re vision will meet Wednesday afternoon at the City Hall at 3 o'clock. The representatives of the lumbermen were invited last night by Mr. Naramore to appear at that time, so that the pro posed plan and, test might be brought before them. , Mayor Albee said that he believed if the test proved successful the City Com mission would not hesitate for a mo ment to adopt the changes in the code necessary to make the new method of construction available in city, county and school buildings. The meeting was held last night in the Commissioners' room at the Court house with Mayor Albee presiding. Oregon Political Gossip Resolutions indorsing the initiative measure providing for consolidation of certain state commissions and abolish ment of others, proposed by W. A. Car ter, Republican candidate for Governor, were passed Saturday night by Wood- lawn Grange. It was also voted to ask members of 'he Grange throughout the state to work for the measure. Seventy-three women voters otRose City Park have formed a club to work for the nomination of ex-Governor T. T. Geer for Governor. . The club will elect officers this week, and expects to take an active part in the campaign. A Hurlburt club was organized in Precinct 157 Saturday night. The pur pose of the club is to work for the ' nomination of T. M. Hurlburt, Repub llcan candidate for Sheriff. Wilbur C. Kerns was elected chairman and J. H. Huchison secretary of the club. A committee composed of A. C. McDonald. 11 P. Stout, A. C. Cammack and George W. P. Ballon was appointed to keep tnings moving. Supporters of Mr. Hurlburt are centering their efforts at present in urging all citizens to regis ter so as to -be eligible to vote at the primary election on May 15. . W. H. Meredith, of Gold Beach, can didate for the Democratic nomination for Representative in Congress from the First Congressional District, is in Portland for a brief stay. Oregon will be listed among the so-called . Sunday blue law" states if a measure to be initiated by the Northwest Sabbath Association and the Christian Endeavor Union to go on the ballot for the elec tion next November, should be passed. 'J he measure la aimed especialy at Sun day baseball and Sunday theaters. It forbids all gainful occupations on Sun day. Games not played for money would not be prohibited, those behind the measure assert. Biblical reasons for the passage o the measure are cited in a statement explaining its purpose. "That God's blessing rests upon a 6abbath-keeprig people is attested by all nations," is one of the assertions made. The motto of the Northwest Sabbath Association is: "He who casts dishonor on the commandments of God is a foe to man kind and a traitor to the Republic." Those actively in charge of the move to have the measure Initiated are R. R. Steele, Rev. W. B. Hinson, S. Earl Du Bois, J. H. Leiper, G. Evert Baker and F. G. Lister. J. A. Madsen, candidate for the Re publican nomination for State Labor Commissioner, has returned from a. campaign trip through Southern Ore gon. He put in about ten days on his tour and went as far south as Ashland. Among the other towns he visited were Grants Pass. Medford, Jackson ville. Roseburg, Cottage Grove and Eu gene. Mr. Madsen says that bis pros pects are very encouraging. At a. meeting in Sellwood Wednes day night. Grant B. Dimick, Republican candidate for Governor, will be the principal speaker. To enable candidates to be seen and heard in explanation of their platforms and campaign promises, the Portland Y. M. C. A. has arranged to hold three meetings for office-seekers on May 7, 8 and 9. Delbert A. Hogan will be chairman of the meetings, and each candidate is to be allotted ten min utes to speak. The Oregon Civic League will hold a candidates' rally at the Multnomah Ho tel on May 9. H. Canon, of Medford, of which city he was Mayor for two terms, left Portland last night for Astoria, after two days here conferring with local Democrats and looking after his cam paign foe Democratic National commit teeman. Later he will make a trip to Eastern Oregon. Mr. Canon has been a Democrat all his life, and he is 54 years old. For 30 years he has been actively connected with party affairs, having served during all that time either as chairman of the county or state cen tral committees, and sometimes of both, in Wisconsin and in Oregon. He has been a member of the Oregon Demo cratic central committee for six years, and has the distinction of never having missed a meeting of that body. He is known as "Judge" Canon in Medford. While Mayor he served as Municipal Judge and before that was County Judge of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, and District Attorney. He was United States Marshal in one of the Wisconsin districts by appointment of President Cleveland, prior to coming to Oregon. Mr. Canon is now United States Com missioner at Medford. After a week's campaigning in East enr Oregon, George M. Brown, of Rose burg, candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney-General, re turned to Portland yesterday. " Mr. Brown passed one day each at Pendle ton, Baker, La Grande, Vale, Ontario and other Eastern Oregon towns. He will devote a couple of days to Clatsop and Washington counties this week. After that he will return to Portland and put in the remainder of the cam paign in Multnomah County. Mr. Brown was well received at every town he visited. Gus C. Moser, candidate for the Re publican nomination for Governor, re turned Sunday from Albany, where he took part in the dedication exercises of the new Knights of Pythias temple. While campaigning up the Valley, he visited Eugene, Newport, Toledo and several other towns. He passed Friday in Corvallis. Senator Moser will leave Portland today for Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass and Roseburg. William Hanley, Progressive candi date for United States Senator, left Portland Saturday night for Southern Oregon. He will devote several' days to campaigning in Grants Pass, Med ford. Ashland and Jacksonville, where he was born 63 years ago. On his re turn trip he will visit Roseburg and Eugene. On Friday Mr. Hanley will go to Corvallis with the Portland Ad Club excursion, and on Saturday morning he will attend the Oregon celebration at Champoeg. Delegates from iO German-speaking societies of Oregon held a meeting in the new Turn Verein hall Monday night to consider the qualifications of candi dates for state and Congressional of fices. For three hours there was a gen eral discussion of the candidates, which ncluded reports of delegates from the different counties. A committee of five members, which will make recommendations as to a ticket to be supported by the German speaking societies, was instructed to make its report next Monday night. At that time the delegates from the 40 so cieties will again meet and pass on the recommendations. The ticket indorsed at this meeting will De mailed to 15,000 registered Ger man-speaking citizens of Oregon, it was said last night. Both a Republican and .Democratic ticket will be chosen. TROOP B WILL RECRUIT Orders Come From Washington to Lieutenant P. J. Hennessey. Orders have been received from the War Department for the recruiting of iroop JH. .first Oregon- Cavalry, by Lieutenant P. J. Hennessey, U. S. A., now stationed at the Oregon Agricul tural College as military instructor. working with Governor West. Lieu tenant Hennessey has been taking ac tion toward the formation of a cavalry regiment lor possible service In Mexi co. Governor West, it is said, will have the honorary command of the new troop, with the rank of Lieuten ant-Colonel. A recruiting station will be opened at Kramer s Riding Academy, Portland, with Lieutenant Helme ln charge. Re cruits will be received from 7:30 to 10 P.M. Troop A. recently . organized, is re cruited to full war strength and has horses and complete equipment. - Oregon Body Awaits Effort of Washington Official to Carry Out Threat. TOTS, AGED 3 AND 4, LOST Two Children, Unable to Find Part, Return Home Late at Night. "We dess wanted to go play in Rose City Park, but we couldn't find it," was the explanation made by Ella Fleming, 4 years old, and her 3-year-old sister, when they returned to their home at 567 East Couch street, about 9 o'clock Monday night. The police had been ransacking the city for them. The children said they were accom panied by an 8-year-old playmate. They told their father that she was taking them to play in the park. All three got lost. J. Fleming, an employe of the city engineering department, is the girls father. Festival Candidate Introduced. Miss Estella McCarl, candidate of th Police Department for Rose Festival Queen, was introduced, to the members of the department and their friends at an informal dance in the police gym nasium last night. Nearly 7000 votes in the form of newspaper coupons were turned In at the police station by the first night relief last night. The votes will be filed today. Treaty Is Ratified. WASHINGTON, April 28 Secretary .Bryan and l)r. Hitter, Swiss Minister, today exchanged ratifications of a eon vention extending for another period of rive years tho .treaty between the United States and Switzerland. ish coin TO BACK LICENSES INJUNCTION IS SUGGESTED Decision Reached, However, at Ses sion That Hostile Move Must Bo Made Before Fishermen Can Be Defended. The attitude of Leslie H. Darwin, Fish Commissioner of Washington, in threatening to arrest Washington gill- et fishermen in the Columbia River who fish on Oregon licenses was the subject of some warm discussion at a meeting of the State' Fish and Game Commission Monday in the office of William L. Finley, state game propagator. Mr. Darwin had written what amounted to an ultimatum to the Ore gon Commission in regard to his in- entions after the opening of 'the salmon fishing season. May 1. He de manded that the Oregon Commission top licensing fishermen who are resi dents of Washington. The ultimatum n his letter was the threat to arrest all the Washington fishermen with Oregon licenses that he could find. George Warren, of the Warren Pack ing Company, with canneries employ ing many fishermen at Warrenton. Or., and at Cathlamet, Wash., wanted the Oregon Commission to get out an immediate injunction, restraining Mr. Darwin from carrying out his threat. Hostile Move Awaited. This the Commission felt it had no power to do until Mr. Darwin should first have made some actually hostile move. In the meantime, it was decid ed to follow a policy of "watchful waiting, so to speak. It s Mr. Dar win's next move. If he withdraws from his position, no more attention will be paid to his threat. But it was made clear that if he attempts to carry out his announced policy, the Oregon Commission will take active measures to protect the fishermen holding Ore gon licenses. The dispute has arisen out of a pe culiar construction of the Washing ton law by Mr. Darwin. For many years, it was explained at the meeting. it has been the custom for each state to recognize the gill-net fishermen's licenses of the other, regardless of whether Oregon fishermen had Wash ington licenses, or vice versa. Before the advent of Mr. Darwin, reciprocity has been mutually observed without question. Law Authorizes Plan. Members of the Commission said that the Oregon law makes it the duty of the Master Fish Warden to issue 11 censes without discrimination, on pres entation of properly verified applica tion blanks, to any person in Oregon, Washington or Idaho who has been a resident of his state for eix months. On the other hand, they declare that the Washington law is equally clear In compelling the recognition of li censes issued by Oregon, whether to residents of Oregon or not. The word ing of the Washington law in this con nection is: 'Provided licenses issued by the State of Oregon shall be deemed valid as to gillnets for use on the Columbia River, as though issued by the Fish Com missioner of this state. Mr. Darwin, however, takes the stand that this applies only to residents of Oregon and not to residents of Wash ington having Oregon licenses. As about 200 Washington fishermen will be fishing under Oregon licenses when the season opens, the iesue is an Important one. It was announced by R. E. Clanton, superintendent of hatcheries, that steps are to be taken at once toward the stocking of five large lakes in the Cas cade Mountains with rainbow trout. The lakes are Gold Lake. Diamond Lake. Waldo Lake, Summit Lake and Fish Lake. Mr. Clanton said also that the Commission plans to stock all tributaries of the North Umpqua River down to the bridge below Mountain Meadows. Mother's Friend Before Baby Arrives During several weeks of expectancy there is a splendid external embrocation in our "Mother's Friend" in which thousands of women have the rooBt un bounded confidence. They have used it and know. They tell of Its wonderful In fluence to ease the abdominal muscles and how they avoid ed those dreaded stretching pains that are so much talked about This safe external application is gently used over the skin to render it amenable to the natural stretching which It undergoes. The myriad of nerve threads Just beneath the akin is thus relieved of unnecessary pain-producing causes and great physical relief is the result as expressed by a host of happy mothers who write from experience. It is a subject that all women should be familiar with as "Mother's Friend" bas been in use many years, and 1s recom mended by grandmothers who Id their ear lier days learned to rely upon this splendid aid to women. You can obtain "Mother'a Friend" at almost any drug store. Get a bottle to-day and then write for our . little book so useful to expectant mothers. Address Bradneld Regulator Co., 312 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Fountain Green, Hancock County, to day, aged 92 years. BIG RALLY IS CALLED FOR Republicans Plan "Party Talks" To morrow Night. Flans for a big Republican organiza tion rally, to be held in the assembly hall of the Central Library tonight, were announced last night by C. R. Meloney, secretary of the Lincoln Re publican Club, under whose auspices it will be held. The purpose of the rally is to take preliminary steps toward organizing the Republican voters of the state in support of the Republican ticket nomi nated at the primary election on May 15. A call to attend has been sent to all Republican candidates for precinct committeemen In this county. Mem bers of the Lincoln Republican Club, both men and women, and all person's interested in the success of the Republi can party at the general election, also are urged to be present. The programme Is to Include short party talks by prominent party lead ers. Though . several of the Speakers are candidates, it is not to be. In any sense, a candidates' meeting. 1 -e who have accepted the invitation to make addresses have done so with the under standing that they are to talk en tirely along party lines without regard to their own candidacies. The list of speakers at the rally, which, is to start at 8 o'clock, will in clude C. N. .MoArthur, W. A. Leet. George M. Brown, Frank S. Grant, Gus (J. Moser. conraa f. Olson. fc. j. Cobb. George N. Farrln, E. H. Deery, W. H. H. Dufur and others. Lincoln's Cousin Dies at 92. CARTHAGE. 111., April 28. Thomas J. Lincoln, a cousin of President Abra ham Lincoln, died at his home in WEDNE SDAY It's Always a Busy Day With Us Double jS.? H. Trading Stamps A 11 Day, Besides Numerous Bargains Offered DRUGS 10c Cocoatrat Oil . ..7S 10c Sulphur 7$ 10c Alum .....7 10c Epsom Salts v... 7h 10c Compound Licorice Powder 7 10c Rose Water and Glycerine 7 10c Spirits Camphor 7 10c Cough Drops 7 10c Sewing Machine Oil - ...... 7 10c Peroxide Hydrogen 7 CUTLERY One Razor, guaranteed S1.50 One Strop $1.00 One Soap .20 S2.70 This entire combination 2.00 PERFUMES, SOAPS $2.00 oz. High Jinks, spec'l, oz. Sl.oD" $2.00 oz. Carolina White, special. th olulce SI. 39 dOc Stearns' Supremo Cream 2S 25c Lyons Tooth Powder X4c 2oc Rubifoam 16 C Glycerine, Oatmeal and Almond Cocoa Soap, each 10d 3 for 25 10c Castile Soap, per cake 5 RUBBER f0c Rubber Gloves, special 37V $1.75 to $2.00 Comb. Ftg. Syringes S1.37 Air Cushions, up from ...S2.00 Ice Bags, from 50c to 1.50 See West Park Window Display All Charge Accounts Today and Tomorrow Co on May Account. Telephones. Marshall 47AO Home A 171. Woodard, Clarke & Co. Alder Street at West Park DIRGE DENIED TO TnCOli MINISTER Court Holds Extravagance Is No Cause and Debts in Case Are Honorable Ones. BOAT HAS ZOO ON BOARD Storks, Cranes, Snakes, Mace and Monkeys Arrive at New York. NEW YORK, April 26. (Special.) Eight storks arrived on the liner Graf Waldersee. But there Is- no call for rejoicing-, nor for anxiety; The birds are going West. It was announced that a number of farmers but West, having heard ot the usefulness of these birds, determined to import a few. When the Graf Waldersee docked at Hoboken she resembled a miniature Noah's Ark. In addition to the storks, she had aboard 14 cranes, 200 ducks, geese, four pigs, three vultures, 82 monkeys, 11 boxes of snakes, three crates of white mice, three crates of all sorts and one fine boa constrictor. On the voyage the boa constructor learned mouse catching. Some of the white mice nibbled their way out of their crate and into the snake. He seemed annoyed, the sailors said, that none of the pigs came, so that there would have been fewer mouthfuls at a meal. Dominican Rebels Surrounded. WASHINGTON. April 28. Puerto Plata, the northern Dominican port which bas been held by the revolution ists, is surrounded by President Bordaa' government forces, according to a re port to the State Department today. Mayor Strops Razor Too Hard. CHICAGO. April 23 (Special.) Mayor Mitchel had his left thumb in a bandage on his arrival at City Hall. 'Nothing," he said, "save a too vigor ous attempt to strop a razor in hurry." CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED Evidence Reviewed Without Censure for Either, but Rev. Mr. Barn Irisel Is Called Unjust in One of Ills Demands. TACOMA, Wash., April 28. (Special.) The divorce suit of Rev. A. H. Barn- hlsel, former pastor of the First Pres byterian Church of this city, against his wife, Olive, which drew throngs of socially prominent Tacoma people to the Superior Court for weeks, was decided Monday by Judge John Mitchell, of Olympia, who tried the case In la coma. Judge Mitchell refused to grant the divorce and ordered the case dis missed. Rev. Mr. Barnhisel asked for a dl voree, alleging his wife was extrava gant and was the cause of his being now hopelessly in debt because of her social ambitions and desire to send their two children to exclusive private schools. Mrs. Barnhisel denied the charges and resisted the application for a divorce, but did not file a counter bill. Judge Mitchell's findings in review ing the case at length cover 17 type written pages in which the evidence is discussed without serious criticism of either. The court holds that a wife's extravagance is of itself no cause for divorce, and that in this particular case Rev. Mr. Barnhisel had led his wife to believe they were prospering until February, 1913, while the great bulk of the extra money spent was from 1909 to 1912, inclusive. The court says the debts contracted were honorable ones and made in the utmost good faith and adds "but such usual and inevitable embarrassments of honorable debts should not seek palliation or relleT through that ave nue which ends in the dissolution of the sacred relation of husband and Ireland In 1013 produced 139,602,201 bush els ot potato, . THEATER Presents Big Special Programme Today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday The Romany Spy Miss Asta Neilson in Jhe leading role. 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