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.
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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
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'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
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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
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CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON, STREETS
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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.
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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.
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