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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1914)
TIT!? MORXIXG OKEGOXIAJff, THURSDAY, XOVEfRER 12, -1914. MONEY LENDER IS Fl SOD UNO GUILTY Ware Convicted of Charging Illegal Rates When Jury Is Closeted 15 Minutes. LAW TO BE ATTACKED Eastern Syndicate Promises to Carry Case to Supreme Court of United States, Alleging Discrim ination Practiced. E. E. Ware, manager of the State Security Company, was found guilty yesterday afternoon after the Jury, which numbered hut 10 men, had de liberated 15 mlnutea. He was accused of having charged illegal rates of in terest in conducting a money-lending business. The case was the only one of a series of prosecutions, undertaken by District Attorney Evans, against a number of alleged "loan sharks" during the past few months, in which a de fense was made. Others arrested pleaded guilty and were fined. An attack will be made upon the Oregon law by the owners of the State Becurity Company, an Eastern syndi cate, headed by J. "Wlesen, of Mil waukee. Wis. Attorneys for Ware will appeal from yesterday's conviction, and If they lose in the Oregon Supreme Court they declare they will take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. They are confident, they say, that they can nullify the Oregon statute of 1913, which provides that licenses will be issued to money lend ers who are residents of this state only. Discrimination la Alleged. "The law is plainly unconstitutional." declared Q. E. Hamaker, attorney for Ware. "It gives rights to citizens of one state that are denied to those of another and this discriminatory phase of the statute is a fatal weakness. It is a denial of constitutional rights that cannot be taken away by the act of a State Legislature." The Eastern syndicate of money lenders has just been successful, it is said, in having a similar law in Mich igan declared unconstitutional. The point of attack was the same, it is stated, as will be pleaded in this state, unjust discrimination. This point was urged in the trial Just concluded, but Judge McOinn held that the act comes within the police power of the state. The case is the only attempt that has so far been made In Oregon to fight the 1913 statute. Newspaper Are Targets. Attorney Hamaker inveighed bitter ly yesterday in his arguments to the Jury aganst the District Attorney's office and the newspapers for taking a biased position against the defendant and spreading propaganda prejudicial to his case.' He contended that the raid upon the offices of the State Security Company by the officers was unjustified and an abridgment of the rights of the people. He contended further that the law said to have been violated was passed by local money lenders who sought to fill their own pockets and keep outsiders from the field. Deputy District Attorney Collier, in closing for the state, argued that the siezure of effects of violators of the law for use as evidence was justified and told the jury that the papers in the case were placed before it properly with the sanction of the court. He argued that the state law not only had been set at naught by the de fendant but illegal acts had extended over a long period. A conviction, he asserted, was accessary to protect the public from being robbed and innocent persons from being victimized. The detectives theorized that the pawnbroker - would see the card and notify Hellyer. Abbott gave his name as Charlie Brown and obtained $2 on the coat. After two weeks of waiting the detective concluded that their theory did not work and Craddock was assigned to Inform Hellyer that he saw the missing coat at Kutner's shop. Hellyer got the coat and when Kut ner demanded $2. Hellyer ran out of the door with the coat, although he was not "wise" to the joke and prob ably will not be until he reads this account. "I figured he'd have to cough-iip $2 to get the coat and then we'd have the laugh on him," said Abbott, "but Hell yer woman t pay the $2 and the pawn SCHOOL BID LOWER Shattuck Tenders $8000 Un der Recent Couch Figures. ................ ACTRESS ALIGXED AGAINST 1 vjv. I M I tVUMEK WHO SMOKE AND DRINK. BONDS ORDERED ISSUED INTERSTATE BRIDGE COMMITTEE ACTS ON S 253,373 SALE. Supervising Engineer la on Way Here From Kansas City and Early Start- tag of Work la Expetced. Members of the bonding committee of the Interstate Bridge Commission met yesterday and adopted a formal resolution authorizing the issue of the $250,000 bridge bonds lately sold to the Harris Trust Company, of Chicago, and the firm of Morris Bros., of Port land. The securities were ordered is sued In denominations of $1000, and It was provided that ten bonds be retired annually, beginning with 1918. The contract for engraving and print ing the bonds was let to the Irwin-Hod-son Company and they were ordered delivered to the two purchasing firms upon their depositing $253,375, with the County Treasurer with accrued in terest from the date of Issue, July 1. 1914. District Attorney Evans, chairman of the bonding commt.tee, received yes terday from Waddell & Harrington, Kansas City, consulting engineers, who will supervise the bridge construction, a. telegram reading: "We are gratified to learn of suc cessful bond sale. Complete data for right of way are filed with Commission and we believe also duplicate copy is In hands of right-of-way agent J. Fred Larson. Mr. Harrington en route west and will see you." This means that no time will be lost In clearing up rights of way for the approach on the Oregon side of the Columbia. Upon Mr. Harrington's ar rival within a day or two, steps will be taken to start actual construction as soon as possible. The bonds will be ready for delivery within a short time and cash then will be on hand for the earlier stages of the work. Sleuths With German Names War on English Coat. Detectives Pawn Confrere's Balma caan and He, Redeeming It at No Cost, the Allied Jokers Lose. P'LICE detectives don't like balma caan overcoats because of their English pattern. Detectives Goltz, Ab bott, Craddock, Tackabery and a few others of German descent have shown aversion to the natty outer garment. When Detective Cliford R. . Hellyer walked into police headquarters two weeks ago wearing one of the much hated coats, the German branch of the department set out to trail him. Crad dock, Tackabery and Abbott followed the balmacaan's owner to a barber shop and while Hellyer was being shaved, they took the coat. One of Hellyer's calling cards, supplied by Tackabery, was placed in the pocket of the over coat. Abbott was assigned to the task of getting rid of the apparel and he succeeded in pawning it at A. Kutner's second-hand shop on North Third street i .-- - vii 't&a t - -It Georgia Cooper. Society women who drink, smoke and wear dresses of ex treme fashion, yet who try to pose as reformers are arraigned by Georgia Cooper and her com pany in Walter Montague's act, "The Great Question," at Pan tages this week. Because Miss Cooper was so thoroughly sympathetic with the motive of Montague's pen prod uct, she welcomed the opportu nity to play the part of the so ciety girl, who gambles and does all the things winked at by so ciety, yet supposedly forbidden. With Miss Cooper is Landers Stevens and a capable company. broker let him run away with the coat. Now I'll have to give Kutner back his MUSCLE TRAINING TOPIC DR. GEORGE J. FISHER sin HEALTH AFFECTS MORALS. T, M. C. A. Official Discusses Relation Between Mind and Body and O Gives Timely Hints. That a man's moraJa anil min be improved throuarh his Pointed out hv rn- n.- of New York, international secretary of Young Men's Christian Associations, at a dinner given in his honor by the Portland association Tuesday night, presided over bv I. c rnnniTKyho i attended by 200 members. ne or tne greatest things pre sented to the world by the Young Men's Christian Association is the fact that iui is a. unii, nis mind, soul and body cannot be separated," said Dr. Fisher. "Scientific sary. I believe in developing the body uut uuuiy, nm io leacn a man to hang by his toes Jr RfnnH rn hi. hanA v .. . to use his various members in exercise as they are used in everyday life. "Train men for life's duties, and not for the sport Itself. "To dissipate one's body is to de tract from one's mentality and morals. To train one's body freshens the mind and improves the morals. "The Young Men's Christian. Associa tions, with the assistance of the churches, can determine If athletics shall be character building or for mak ing athletes only. The influence of the men over boys is one of the most important parts of the association's work. There are 800 professional phys ical directors and 3000 volunteers at work building men out of boys at pres ent." Dr. Fisher leaves for Iowa this morn ing. He spoke before the Rotary Club yesterday afternoon, took an automo bile ride about Portland and investigat ed the work the association is doing here. C. PFEIFFER OLD SETTLER Albany Resident Who Died in Port land Came to Valley in 1875. ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 11. (Special.) Charles Pfeiffer, who died yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital, in Portland, was a prominent resident of Albanv for almost 40 years. He was en route from his home here to Centralia, Waslu, to visit relatives, when he became ill and was taken to the Portland hospital. He had been in poor health for several montns. Mr. Pfeiffer was born In Germany and came to America when a small boy. lr 1875 he settled in Albany. For more than 30 years he was pro prietor of the old Hotel Revere. He is survived by his widow and two sons, W. F. and F. H. Pfeiffer, all of this city. PRICE QUOTED IS $111,485 Both. Buildings Are Identical and Architects Estimate Was $160, 000 Heating Proposals $23, 858, Plumbing $10,542. When the School Board at a special meeting yesterday opened proposals for the construction of the new Shat tuck school building on the block bounded by Hall, College, Park streets and Broadway, it was found that the bid of the firm of Olson & Johnson, of Missoula, Mont., was the lowest for the general contract. This bid was Jill. 485, or more than $8000 less than the winning bid of the Boyajohn-Arnold Company for the construction of the Couch school. The plans governing the construction of the two buildings are practically iden tical and the complete estimated cost of each structure was originally placed at $160,000. Other bids for the general contract Were SUbmlttPrl aa fr.llnnra V.. 1 Arnold Company. $116,975: Butler Con tracting Company, $117,860; Bingham & Shelley, $117,899; Litherland & Avery, $118,342; Brayton Engineering LOmiUnV 1 Ol Sic. T C3 T T'l 0 ,,. .j. rr in ici 3 oc Co, $123,987; John Almeter, $127,052; iiib renrson construction Com pany, $132,646. Am on tr sbvb hM. ei,XmitA4 i heating contract the lowest, $23,858, cmcicu Dy ine Alaska Plumbing Company and the next lowest. $23,979. Lna Acuudix raeating company. Eight proposals were made to do the plumbing work. The lowest figure, $10,542. was entered by the firm of StUreS & 11 l-Tfm a-nA th. 1 $10,949, by the Kendall Heating Com- The contracts probably will be awarded bv tha hnnrH ,t it. , meeting. In awarding the contract for the Couch building recently, the board rejected the lowest bid on the ground that tha hlHHon sponsible and. in view of the fact that iw oio. on me snattuck work comes from a Montana firm, it is re garded as TlOSRihlA that tho Kao,j elect to give the work to a local firm. SEWER IS NEAR COLLAPSE Ralph Modjcski Reports Tanner Aqueduct Dangerous. - That the Tanner Creek sewer, one of the largest and most costly trunk sewers, draining a large section In tha western part of the city, is in danger " coiiapse at any time is the opinion of Ralph Modjeski, an engineer of Chi cago, who has Just completed an exam ination of the sewer for the city. Mr. Modjeekl reports that the big pipe may cause much damage. He recommends that steps be taken immediately to re construct portions of it. While the cost of the work has not been esti mated. It is said it will run far into the tht-usands of dollars. The bad places are between Lowns dalo street, near Washington street, to the intereection of Tenth and Irving streets. From Lownsdale and -Washington streets to Fourteenth and Couch streets, a distance of 534 feet, Mr. Modjeski reports the condition bad with the exception of about 125 feet. The sewer, he says, is out of ahana nn. erally. The pipe, which originally was circular, has been flattened until the top is about six inches lower than it should be and the sides are bulged out to a corresponding extent. From Davis and Thirteenth- streets to Eleventh and Irving streets, a dis tance of 1437 feet., the sewer is egg shaped in many places. In one place, where it passes under five and hIx- etory buildings, it threatens to collapse. j.e iop is crusnea ana settled and the cracks are open from two Inches to three inches in places," reads the re port. "The bricks are loose at several points, .or are entirely missing. The bottom, which was here built of brick, is worn or washed out for several him. dred feet. . . "This condition is particularly dan gerous," he reports, "because the cur rent, which is quite swift, threatens to undermine the sides, and, in fact, has done so at several points. Where the sewer passes onder the corner of Twelfth street the condition is partic ularly bad and dangerous. The street shows marked settlement on the u- face at this point. Another dangerous place is near Eleventh and Hoyt stleets, and the sewer may collapse at any mo ment.' . SHERIFF COUNT AWAITED Tom Word Jfot to Ask Recount Until Official Canvass Is Completed. Until the OffiCal COUnt In rimnlat it is probable that no further action will be taken in the contest for the office of Sheriff, for which Thomas M. Hurlburt on tha fniji rf th. has been elected. Tom M Word, incumbent Sheriff who has been defeated by Hurlburt, de clared vesterdav that ha no, pose to take action toward a recount uubix Axivr tuo uuicitu count jiag teen made. The official count now is in progress. Hurlburt's friends say that they are ready to have the election settled by the official count and will welcome a recount if one is ordered. i Three Move m 9mm Till TTTT T ore luavs I ill W e io the Hoitz mail dine1 rri -. inree more days -days tilled with the greatest pos sibilities for money-saving! Deeper, keener reductions in effect all over the store! Hundreds of pieces must move before Saturday night Come today! . L7T out our advertisements and bring them to the store with you! Verify every price reduction! MariV: well every promise we are here to fulfill them to the uttermost! Removal Sale Reed Furniture No. 1093 $20.00 Reed Armchair. .$11.80 Rocker to match $12.30 No. 1076 $18.00 Reed Armchair $9.75 No. 19914 $22.50 Reed Fireside Rocker. $11.25 No. 518 $7.50 Heavy Seagrass Arm chair . $4.85 No. 645 $10.50 Seagrass Table $4.35 No. 646 $10.00 Seagrass Table $6.75 No. 696 $7 Round Seagrass Stand. .$4.35 Ladies' Desks, regularly $12 to $150, now .33 1-3 to 50 Discount Davenports Cut to Half and Less! No. 5574 $110 Limbert's Arts and Crafts Daven- Port $50.00 No. 744 $100.00 Early English Bed Davenport. .$48.75 No. 1591 $100 Stickley Davenport, best leather," $47.85 No. 2002 $65.00 Stickley Davenport, leather cushion $31.75 No. 311 $65.00 Kodav Bed Couch, quartered oak, $31.75 No. 1642 $40.00 Stickley Settee, fumed oak $20.00 emoval Prices! A rare opportunity to furnish your home with new rugs before this sale ends. Note the remarkable reductions on new rugs : $25.00 Axminster Rugs 9x12 feet ... . . $17.50 $25.00 Axminster Rugs 8-3x10-6 $16.45 Superior Axminster Rues, 9x12 feet, in discontinued patterns; regularly $27.50 to $30.00. Removal BKEi.Rugs at R $14.50 Thursday Only Pure Silk Floss Mattresses with satine tick and roll edges; full size or less ; best of materials and, workmanship . run euges; iuu ?$6.95 "We show the largest stock of Carpets in the city. No matter what the size of your rooms or the grade of the carpet you wish, we can furnish it here at a lower price. Every roll of carpet in our store is of a stand ard make we sell nothing else. TERMS TO SUIT THE CUSTOMER enry Jennim on CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON, STREETS 1 . - STAKE DRIVING SUCCESS CANADIAN PACIFIC FAIR BtTILDIXG SITE IS MARKED. Mra. E. T. Fonlkea Strikes First Blow la Ceremony Party Passes Through Portland on Way Home. Tha Canadian delegation, which as sisted at the stake-driving for the Canadian Pacific Railway's building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition last Sat urday, passed through Portland yes terday en route home. The ceremony, according to Norman S. Rankin, general publicity agent for the Canadian Pa cific, was an auspicious success. Mrs. E. T. Foulkes, of San Francisco, CEREMONY OF GROUND BREAKING FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY'S BUILDING AT PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION TAKES PLACE. 0 ZSZT. Q t " - ' - -, -. -, : : r ttt, struck the first blow in the stake-driving. Mrs. Foulkes is a frequent visitor to Portland. Mr.' Foulkes is one of the architects for the exposition and main tains a branch office in this city. The stake-driving ceremony consisted of brief addresses from the railroad and exposition representatives: the raising of the Canadian flag and sign over the building site, and the formal delivery of the deed to the land to the Canadian Pacific. Besides Mrs. Foulkes. others who as--slsted In the celebration were Blythe Henderson, superintendent of traffic; A. M. Mortensen. traffic manarer, and Luis Levy, - of the bureau of special events for the exposition, and Francis W. Swales. M. E. Thornton, E. T. Foulkes, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Jackson, Miss Vogt and Mr. Rankin. Other exposition representatives and officials of the various railroad-, were present. The pavilion will be ready for occupancy by February 1. It is expect ed. A collection of Canada's natural resources and a traffic exhibit are prac tically ready. WAR HALTS DIVORCE CASE MODJESKI DEPOSITION DUE FROM WARRING NATIONS. BIRS. K. T. FOULKES DRIVING STAKE MARKING SITE FOR ELABORATE STRUCTURE. MRS. G. M. JACK- . : SON AND MISS VOGT ALSO IN FOREGROUND. LABOR A!DS BELGIANS Workmen With naif Dollars Con tribute to Sufferers. ' The workmen in Portland with their SO-cent pieces having put underway the campaign for contributions to the Belgian relief tund, attention will be directed now to getting organized action from the business men of the city. There has been about $500 con tributed from small donors, in sums from half a dollar to $50. This is ex clusive of the $500 contributed by the Home Telephone Company and its em ployes, who eschewed their annual get-together dinner, contributing the estimated expense of the function to the fund. Besides this it is under stood some $3000 has been sent directly to Belgium or other European coun tries for the relief of the Belgians by Individuals, one of the largest In dividual contributors being Samuel Hill, the good roads advocate and president of the Home Telephone Com pany. Contributions are being received at the office of C. Henri Lab be, vice-consul of Belgium, in the Labbe building, -Second and Washington street. Small amounts are as welcome as the larger contributions and advices being re ceived dally Indicate that a large sum is needed to handle the situation In Belgium. Judge Morrow Makes Order Allowing Mrs. Modjeski 500 Attorneys' Fmi and S250 Expense Bloney. Because of the European war, the divorce action of Ralph again Felicie Modjeski is likely to be delayed a con siderable time before being brought to trial. Depositions are to be produced in the Portland courts, where the suit will be tried, from Petrograd, France and Poland as well as from various parts of the United States. To secure the papers from persons in the coun tries now at war is likely to prove ex tremely difficult, and on this account no time can be fixed for hearing the suit. Judge Morrow yesterday made a court order allowing Mrs. Modjeski, the defendant. $500 attorneys' fees and $250 as expense'money for her to make the trip to Portland from Chicago when the case is called for trial. The court ordered that affidavits must be filed showing the materiality of depositions or witnesses and the probable cost of obtaining the desired evidence. Ralph Modjeski. an eminent bridge engineer of National reputation, was the consulting expert during t;:e build ing of the Broadway bridge and acted In a similar capacity for the Hill Tail ways when the steel bridges over the Willamette apd Columbia rivers were built a few years ago. He brought suit for divorce in the local courts some time ago, alleging his wife refused to be satisfied to live in the United States and wants him to return to Poland and make his home there. A nagging temper also is charged to the wife. A cross-complaint filed by her attorneys charges him with sending her to Poland from their home in Chicago with the promise that he soon would follow and make his home with her there, and later starting separation proceedings after she was out of the country. The action prom ises to be hard fought by both parties to the suit. . CRUISER BELIEVED SAFE Xavy Dismisses Anxiety for North Carolina and Tennessee. WASHINGTON. NoV. lJ Efforts of the Navy Department to communicate with the cruisers North Carolina and Tennesees, off the coast of Turkey, had been unsuccessful up to a' late hour to- nignt. Secretary Daniels announced, how ever, that Navy officials had dismissed any anxiety they may have felt over rumors circulated yesterday that one of the cruisers had struck a mine. GIRLS! BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING HAIR, -25 CENT DANUERINE DANDRUFF Try This! Doubles Beauty of Your Hair and Stops It Falling Out. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl's after a "Danderlne hair cleanse. Just try this moisten a cloth with a little Danderlne and carefully draw It through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. 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